March 20
SOUTH AFRICA:
The call for the death penalty is getting louder
South Africa needs a justice-based capital punishment, which should come with
an automatic appeal process to ensure that if the death penalty is implemented,
it is to deserving offenders and it will only apply to
March 19
INDIA:
Gujarat HC Sets Aside Death Penalty Imposed On A Woman For Lack Of Inquiry
About Her Mental Condition
The Gujarat High Court has set aside the death sentence imposed by the Trial
court on a lady accused in a double murder case and directed it to ascertain
her
March 18
IRANexecutions
Iran hangs 12 prisoners on the eve of Persian new year
Since the beginning of March, Iranian regime has executed more than 13 inmates
in various prisons.
A prisoner identified as Jalaluddin Mosala Nezhad was publicly hanged in
Jahrom, south of Iran, the
March 17
IRANexecution
Man Hanged at Tabriz Central Prison
A prisoner was hanged at Tabriz prison for a murder charge last Tuesday.
According to IHR sources, a prisoner was hanged at Tabriz Central Prison on the
morning of Tuesday, March 12. IHR could identify the prisoner as
my news posts to this listserve will resume on either March 15 or 16
**
March 7
TANZANIA:
Tanzania teacher sentenced to death by hanging for killing pupil
A court in Tanzania has sentenced to death by hanging a 51-year-old school
teacher who beat to death a
March 6
MALAWI:
Malawi Adopts Death Penalty Law for Killers of People with Albinism, Opposition
DisapprovesThe callous murder of Albinos for diabolical purposes in Malawi
must stop, we hope this helps.
The increase in the number of cases involving the brutal and gruesome
March 6
CHINA:
‘Politically biased’: China rejects UN recommendations on death penalty,
freedoms in Xinjiang and Tibet
China has not accepted 62 of the 346 recommendations made at the United Nations
(UN) 2018 Universal Periodic Review (UPR), saying they are inconsistent with
March 4
INDONESIA:
French drug suspect faces death penalty in Indonesia
A French man faces execution under Indonesia's strict drug laws after he was
caught using a false-bottomed suitcase to smuggle narcotics into the Southeast
Asian nation, an official said on Monday (Mar 4).
March 3
BANGLADESHexecution
Bangladesh hangs man for 2012 murder of Saudi embassy official Khalaf
A condemned killer of Saudi embassy official Khalaf Al Ali was hanged at
Kashimpur High Security Central Jail here on Sunday night.
Saiful Islam Mamun was hanged at 10:01pm, said
March 2
GLOBAL:
Global war on drugs could harm efforts to abolish death sentences - study; Iran
reforms drive 90% fall in death penalty worldwide, but report warns hardline
approach to minor cases violates human rights
Global efforts to abolish the death penalty are in danger of
March 1
GLOBAL:
Governments use death penalty to crackdown on religious minorities
Various countries that include China and Iraq are disproportionately using the
death penalty against people from religious minorities, not for any criminal
misdeeds, but merely based on their faith
February 28
GLOBAL:
7th World Congress Speaks Against Death Penalty
Brussels is hosting the 7th world congress against the death penalty this week,
with politicians and activists arguing their case in the main city of the
28-nation European Union, the largest zone to end the
February 27
BELARUS:
Death penalty: Filling Europe’s black hole
The 47-nation Council of Europe is co-organising a round table on capital
punishment in Belarus on Thursday 28 February as part of the World Congress
Against the Death Penalty in Brussels.
Belarus is the only country
February 26
BELGIUM:
Belgium continues to argue for universal abolition of the death
penaltyDidier Reynders raised the inextricable link between poverty and the
death penalty owing to the costs of legal proceedings, or the lack of legal
knowledge of the criminal justice system.
February 25
CAMEROON:
Cameroon opposition leader faces death sentence
CAMEROON’S main opposition leader and more than 100 supporters face the death
penalty following their arraignment for allegedly plotting to overthrow the
government.
Maurice Kamto, leader of the Cameroon
February 24
IRAN:
International watchdog urges Iran to stop execution of 3 Kurdish teenagers
Amnesty International said on Friday that Iran must immediately halt the
execution of 3 teenagers found guilty of crimes that were committed when they
were under the age of 18.
One teenager
February 23
EGYPT:
Court recommends death sentence to Monks accused of killing Bishop Epiphanius
Damanhur Criminal Court ruled on Saturday to refer 2 Coptic Christian monks to
Egypt's top religious authority for consideration of the death penalty against
them over killing Head of
February 22
PAKISTAN:
India fails to answer critical questions in Jadhav case: Pakistan
Thursday was the last day of the Kulbhushan Jadhav case hearing at the Peace
Palace in The Hague. Khawar Qureshi, representing Pakistan, began his final
rebuttal before the International Court of
February 21
TRINIDAD:
Why bother with death sentence?
THE EDITOR: Our justice system is such an a-- with the implementation of one
law for the rich and another for the poor, which is used here on a daily basis.
It is at times difficult to believe we have a justice system at all.
February 20
EGYPTexecutions
Egypt hangs 9 for 2015 murder of top prosecutor
Egypt hanged 9 men on Wednesday for the 2015 assassination of the prosecutor
general, judicial sources said, bringing to 15 the number of executions it has
carried out this month.
Hisham Barakat was
February 19
YEMEN:
Yemen Urges UN Intervention to Save Detainee from Houthi Execution
The legitimate Yemeni government called on the United Nations and its envoy
Martin Griffiths to intervene and halt the execution of a female detainee held
by the Iran-backed Houthi militias.
The
February 18
INDIA:
In 2:1 verdict, SC upholds constitutional validity of death penaltyHas
death penalty in the statute served as a deterrent for heinous crime?
A 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court in a verdict on Wednesday expressed
different opinions on this with one saying
February 17
PAKISTAN:
Pakistan submits reply before ICJ in Kulbhushan Jadhav case
Pakistan on Saturday submitted its reply in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case to the
International Court of Justice (ICJ) before the Monday’s hearing where India
will contest the convicted spy’s death row.
February 16
ZIMBABWE:
Granny killer sentenced to death
A BEITBRIDGE man, who waylaid a 65-year-old flea market trader in the driveway
of her house in the border town before fatally stabbing the woman and robbing
her of 2 cellphones, was yesterday sentenced to death by hanging.
February 15
GLOBAL:
Executions for gay sex: 13 nations threaten it, 4 do it.
How many countries execute people for being gay? This blog’s best estimate: The
laws of 13 nations call for the death penalty for gay sex, but only four
countries go through with it.
This blog’s updated
February 14
MALAYSIA:
Group says death penalty in the way of seeking truth behind Altantuya’s murder
A group campaigning for the abolition of the death penalty says doing away with
the punishment would help bring to justice those responsible in the Altantuya
Shaariibuu murder case.
February 13
IRAN:
Iranian environmentalists fear death penalty after a year behind bars
A campaign poster showing environmental activists, Taher Ghadirian, Niloufar
Bayani, Amirhossein Khaleghi, Houman Jokar, Sam Rajabi, Sepideh Kashani, Morad
Tahbaz and Abdolreza Kouhpayeh.
February 12
BOTSWANA:
Death penalty not a deterrent- Chief Justice
The newly appointed Chief Justice, Terrence Rannowane says the death penalty
has not worked as a deterrent to murder.
Rannowane said this when delivering his maiden speech at the opening of the
legal year on
February 11
GREAT BRITAIN:
Sajid Javid accused of evading questions about suspects facing death
penaltyHome secretary delayed to answer questions by Caroline Lucas about
fate of British citizens allegedly part of Isis cell
A senior Conservative MP has reprimanded the home
February 10
BANGLADESH:
Bangladesh makes record drugs seizure amid crackdownThe country has
struggled to control a surge in yaba imports crossing the border from Myanmar,
where the pills are manufactured by the millions
Bangladesh seized a record 53 million methamphetamine
February 10
VIETNAM:
Australian detained in Vietnam, Chau Van Kham, investigated for crime that
carries death penalty
When Chau Van Kham abruptly stopped responding to messages on a trip to Vietnam
in January, his prolonged silence led to a seeping dread.
His family, based in
February 9
IRAQexecutions
ISIS executes 3 brothers after kidnapping in Iraq’s Salahuddin
Islamic State militants on Friday killed 3 brothers after kidnapping them in
the north of Salahuddin Province, a local security source has confirmed.
The 3 brothers were abducted 3 days
February 8
SRI LANKA:
Sri Lanka President Confirms Death Penalty For Drug Convicts
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena had declared war on drug traffickers
in the country, as he insisted on imposing a death penalty on convicted drug
traffickers within the next 2 months.
The
February 7
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT:
MEPs want to prohibit trade with countries that still have death penalty
Speaking at the opening of seventh World Congress Against the Death Penalty on
February 5, a number of European Parliamentarians took the opportunity to
demand that the EU
February 6
BANGLADESH:
4 receive death penalty for murdering minor in Sylhet
4 people have been sentenced to death for killing a schoolboy in Chatak upazila
of Sunamganj district in 2015.
Sylhet Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Rezaul Karim passed the order on
Wednesday.
February 5
UNITED KINGDOM:
UK, Stand Firm against Data Demands in Death Penalty CasesUS Could Use Data
Demanded from UK – But Pretend It Didn’t
After heated debate, the United Kingdom has just inched closer to adopting laws
that would allow the United States to demand and obtain
February 4
JAMAICA:
Crime, punishment and reform
I have absolutely no sympathy for anyone who goes out to commit crimes with a
lethal weapon. Anyone who has no respect for life deserves anything that he/she
gets. But I don’t believe in capital punishment. Even killers can be
February 3
IRANexecutions
Secret Executions at Rajai Shahr Prison
2 prisoners were executed secretly last Wednesday at Rajai Shahr Prison, Karaj
city.
According to IHR sources, 2 prisoners were executed on the morning of
Wednesday, January 30, at Rajai Shahr prison. IHR could
February 1
SAUDI ARABIA:
Saudi Female Activist Spared Death Penalty Amid Outrage
Authorities in Saudi Arabia have confirmed that its public prosecutor is no
longer recommending the death penalty for female activist Israa al-Ghomgham,
who has been held since 2015 after
January 31
INDIA:
On death row, prisoners turn over a new leaf
Datta was 20 when he was arrested for the rape and murder of a minor girl.
Following a trial, he was convicted of the crime and sentenced to death. He has
been serving time awaiting his execution ever since. He is now
January 30
GREAT BRITAIN:
The death penalty is a brutal relic – Britain must seize today’s chance to make
that clear to Donald TrumpThe government is not being sufficiently robust
in its dealings with the US, for fear the president might hold a ‘grudge’
It was more than half a
January 29
BANGLADESH:
Death penalty handed to wife of murdered lawyer Rathis Bhowmik
The wife of Rathis Chondro Bhowmik, the lawyer whose body was found buried in a
construction site last year, has been sentenced to death for the murder of her
husband. Dipa Bhowmik was present in
January 28
SAUDI ARABIAexecutions
Saudi Arabia executes 4 Yemenis for guard's murder
Saudi Arabia on Sunday executed 4 Yemenis found guilty of murdering a security
guard, the kingdom's interior ministry said.
The 4 men robbed and killed a Pakistani man who worked as a security
January 27
PAKISTAN:
1 given death penalty in triple murder case
The Additional Sessions Judge Fatehjang Saturday given death penalty and
10-year imprisonment to one Khalid Mehmood in a triple murder case.
The culprit, Khalid Mehmood of Mirza village a year ago had shot dead his
January 26
THAILAND:
Woman who laundered drug money gets death penalty
The Criminal Court has handed down a death sentence to a Myanmar woman for
laundering dirty money and her connection with the methamphetamine trade.
The court passed sentence on Myint Thein Aye, 43, after
January 25
AUSTRALIA:
The story of the only woman hanged in Queensland Ellen Thompson lived in
the Douglas Shire region and became the only woman hanged in the state of
Queensland.
In Australia’s early settler days, capital punishment may have been common
practice but in
January 24
VIETNAM:
3 detained for trafficking drugs from Laos to Vietnam
Border guards and police of Vietnam's central Ha Tinh province have arrested 3
Vietnamese men for transporting 120 cakes of heroin from Laos to Vietnam, local
media reported on Thursday.
On Wednesday, when
January 24
IOWA:
Death penalty back on the Iowa legislative agenda
Capital punishment would give the Iowa justice system another “tool” to use in
prosecuting offenders who kidnap, rape and murder juveniles, according to
proponents of reinstating the death penalty after a 54-year
January 23
ZAMBIA:
The European Union has contributed €100,000 to support the campaign towards
abolition of death penalty in Zambia implemented by the Human Rights
Commission.
The funding is approximately K1,358,841.
According to a statement, the nation-wide campaign which started
January 20
MALAYSIA:
Abolishing death sentence not made in haste: Coalition Against the Death
Penalty
The Malaysian Coalition Against the Death Penalty today refuted former
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Noor’s statement that the
government’s decision to
January 19
SAUDI ARABIA:
Secretive Khashoggi Murder Trial Begins in Saudi Arabia, Five Face Death
Penalty
The trial of 11 people accused of being involved in the murder of Jamal
Khashoggi has begun in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, state media report,
with 5 of the
Janaury 18
MALAWI:
Malawians have called for death sentence for anyone found guilty of killing
people with albinism.
This comes after the police in the country admitted that they were unable to
track the market where body parts of people with albinism are sold.
Malawians expressed
January 17
GLOBALbook review
BooksIs the threat of capital punishment really the foundation of good
behaviour?; Richard Wrangham argues persuasively that fear of the ultimate
punishment has always been the source of law and order, however much we may
wish it otherwise
The
January 16
VIETNAM:
Vietnam school teacher gets death sentence for drug trafficking
A school teacher in northern Vietnam has received the death penalty for drug
trafficking, state media reported Wednesday.
Vu Ba Xenh, 40, was arrested in June 2018 in Nghe An province with 15
January 15
CHINA:
China sentences Canadian to death for drug smuggling
A Canadian citizen in China has been sentenced to death after a court convicted
him of drug smuggling on Monday, a move likely to further inflame tensions
between Ottawa and Beijing.
The Dalian Intermediate
January 14
IRANexecutions
17 Men Hanged in 1 Prison in 1 Week
According to IHR sources inside Iran, 17 prisoners have been hanged for murder
charges between January 2. and 9. at the Rajai Shahr prison of Karaj (West of
Tehran).
According to the IHR sources, on the morning of
January 11
IRANexecution
Man Hanged in Public
A prisoner was hanged in Public at a square in the southern Iranian city of
Kazerun.
According to the Mizan News Agency, the prisoner was sentenced to death on
kidnapping and rape charges. He was reportedly kidnapped and raped 2
January 9
CHINA:
Chinese court gives revenge killer death penalty
A man from Hanzhong, Shaanxi province, was sentenced to death on Tuesday for
killing 3 neighbors in revenge for his mother’s death, a local court said.
Zhang Koukou, 36, stabbed Wang Zixin and two of his sons, Wang
January 8
SOMALIA:
2 Al-Shabaab Assassins Executed For Killing Chief In Somalia
2 al-Shabaab assassins, convicted of killing traditional chief, have been
executed in Somalia on Monday. The 2 were trying to escape from the scene of
the killing of chief Hilowle Heefow Hussein in 2016
January 7
ENGLAND:
Leeds nostalgia: A hanging
A hundred years ago today, the Yorkshire Evening Post carried a report of an
execution at Armley Gaol. It was that of Een Hindle Benson, who was sentenced
to death at Leeds Assizes for the murder of Annie Mayne, a woman with whom he
January 6
IRAN:
Iranian MP says corruption convicts ‘must be executed in public squares’
The head of an Iranian parliament committee to combat economic corruption, Amir
Khojasteh, has called for the public execution of those found guilty of
corruption.
“Thirty one people have
January 5
AUSTRALIAbook review
Mary Lee: The Irishwoman who became a leading light in Australia’s suffragist
movementActivist campaigned into her 80s against war in Africa and to
abolish Australia’s death penalty; Mary Lee went to Australia at the age of 58
after being
January 4
BANGLADESH:
Kaberi murder convict given capital punishment
The lone convict in the college teacher Krishna Kaberi murder was sentenced to
death in absentia.
Dhaka's Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 Judge Shahed Nur Uddin announced the verdict on
Thursday.
Convict Zahirul Islam
Jan. 3
CHINAexecution
Serial killer executed in northwest China
A man convicted of killing 11 women was executed Thursday in northwest China's
Gansu Province, local authorities said.
Gao Chengyong, 53, killed 11 women between May 1988 and February 2002 in Gansu
Province and
Jan. 2
SAUDI ARABIAexecution
Saudi national executed in Madinah for stabbing man to deathSaudi uses the
death penalty for several offences including murder, drug-related crimes and
terrorism
A Saudi national was executed in Madinah on Wednesday for stabbing a man to
death,
January 1, 2019
SAUDI ARABIA:
Saudi seeks death penalty for 5 Khashoggi murder accused
Saudi's deputy public prosecutor, Shalaan al-Shalaan, says 5 Saudi officials
face the death penalty over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a
press conference in Riyadh. Meanwhile
December 31
IRANfemale execution
Woman Hanged in Iran
Iranian authorities have executed a woman on murder charges, according to
reports by several Iranian media outlets. No information regarding time and
place of the execution was revealed in the reports.
On December 26, the
regular news postings to this listserve will resume on December 30Happy
Holidays to all!
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December 17
SRI LANKA:
List of inmates with death penalty sent to the President
A high ranking officer at the Ministry of Prison Reforms confirmed that a list
December 16
PAKISTAN:
Pakistan army chief confirms death sentence for 15 militants
Pakistan's army chief has approved death sentences for 15 people convicted by
military courts of involvement in attacks that killed 32 security forces and 2
civilians.
A military statement issued
December 15
IRAN:
Billionaire To Be Hanged After Government Collects Its Money
A senior official of Iran’s Judiciary has said on December 13 that former
tycoon, Babak Zanjani will be executed after he returns what he owes the
Islamic Republic.
Zanjani who was arrested in 2013 on
December 14
INDONESIA:
FACING FIRING SQUAD British designer faces DEATH PENALTY in Bali after being
found with cannabis oilThe 45-year-old man, named only as PMH, was
reportedly arrested after receiving a package containing CBD oil from an
address in Thailand
A Brit is facing
December 13
BELARUS:
Prisoner executions in Belarus ‘simply unacceptable’, says UN rights body
The continued use of the death penalty in Belarus has been condemned by an
authoritative UN rights body after 3 men were reportedly executed there,
despite its requests for clemency.
The
December 12
TRINIDAD:
Moving away from the death penalty
As chair of the Greater Caribbean for Life (GCL), an independent not-for-profit
organisation devoted to working towards the abolition of the death penalty in
our region, I was invited to present a paper on the death penalty
December 11
PAPUA NEW GUINEA:
Father gets death penalty for murder of boy, 14
A father of 3 has been given the death penalty after being convicted of killing
a 14-year-old boy in a revenge attack in West New Britain 3 years ago.
In the the National Court in Kimbe, acting Judge
December 10
MALAYSIA:
Death penalty: Get public feedback first, urges Perkasa
Perkasa has urged the Pakatan Harapan government to obtain public feedback
regarding its move to abolish the death penalty.
Perkasa president Ibrahim Ali said Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's
December 9
MALAYSIA:
Perlis DAP breaks ranks, wants Putrajaya to retain death penalty
The federal government, of which the DAP is part of, may be planning to abolish
the death penalty.
However, the party is facing objections from within, with Perlis DAP today
approving a motion
December 8
GAZA:
Gaza military court sentences 6 to death for collaboration
A spokesperson for Gaza’s interior ministry announces the death sentences
against 6 Palestinians convicted of collaboration by a military court on 3
December. Ashraf Amra APA images
A military court in
December 7
IRANmass executions
Mass Execution of 12 inmates in Kerman Central Prison
Iran on Thursday executed 12 prisoners in Kerman Central Prison, most of them
convicted of drug charges.
4 of the executed prisoners were identified as, Abdolghani Ghalandarzehi,
Yaghub
December 6
CANADA/IRAN:
Canada “Deeply Concerned” over Fate on Environmental Researcher in Iran
The Canadian government says that it is “deeply concerned” about the continued
detention of environmental researcher Niloufar Bayani, who is facing the death
penalty in Iran on vague
December 5
GAZA:
EU Missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah condemn death sentences issued in Gaza
The European Union Representative and the EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and
Ramallah Tuesday condemned the death sentences issued in the Gaza Strip on
Monday against 6 Palestinians
December 4
MALAYSIA:
Family members of death row prisoners hope for 2nd chance
Families of several prisoners on death row are hoping that the government goes
ahead with the plan to abolish the death penalty even though there is a lot of
opposition against it.
They hope that
December 3
GAZA:
Gaza court sentences 6 people to hang for 'collaborating' with Israel
A military court in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Monday sentenced 6 people,
including a woman, to death by hanging for "collaborating" with Israel,
authorities said.
In total 14 people were
December 2
PHILIPPINES:
Death penalty can help put an end to country’s drug problem: Bato
Death penalty for drug traffickers?
If former Philippine National Police director Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa is
elected senator, that’s exactly what he will propose--to reinstate the death
penalty,
December 1
UNITED KINNGNDOM:
Andover’s outcast dead: Exploring an Anglo-Norman execution cemetery
Between the 7th and 12th centuries, criminals who were put to death in
Anglo-Saxon England were often interred not in community graveyards, but in
separate burial grounds. Archaeological
November 30
IRANexecutions
Public Execution of a Person with Mental Illness
A prisoner was hanged in public at Iranian city of Taft (Central Iran) on
Thursday, November 29. The man was suffering from mental disability and had
previously been hospitalized in a Psychiatric hospital,
Nov. 29
PAKISTAN:
Pakistan Should Remove People with Mental Disabilities From Death Row
Imdad Ali, who is aged around 50, was sentenced to death for the murder of
a religious cleric in 2002 and is set to be hanged tomorrow.
This week, a medical board confirmed that Saleem Ahmad, a
November 29
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
Man knifes boss for withholding salary for sex, gets death penalty in UAE
Municipal workers discovered the victim's body in a parked car and informed the
police.
A worker accused of killing his boss for refusing a salary increase has been
sentenced
November 28
IRAN:
5 wildlife conservationists held by Iran could face the death penalty
Up to 6 conservation researchers accused of spying by the Iranian government
could face the death penalty if convicted, according to multiple media reports.
Conservationists Niloufar Bayani,
Nov. 27
ZIMBABWE:
3 men sentenced to death
Finally, the Zimbabwean hangman has got work to do.
3 men were last week condemned to hang by the High Court after being convicted
of murder with actual intent.
Justice Chitapi failed to find any extenuating circumstances to save them
November 26
INDIA:
In fix on death penalty abolition
A Delhi court's verdict awarding death penalty to one Yashpal Singh for killing
2 Sikhs during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots is likely to trigger a fresh debate on
the contentious issue.
The verdict came days after the Supreme
November 24
EGYPT:
Egypt Sentences 17 Islamic Militants to Death for Coptic Christian Church
Killings
17 Islamic militants were sentenced to death on Thursday for their role in
multiple church bombings in Egypt that killed scores of Coptic Christians.
It was reported that another
November 23
INDIA:
Rajasthan: Man gets death penalty for raping a minor
Father of an infant girl was awarded the death sentence by the Jhunjhunu
(Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Court in on Friday for raping a
minor on August 2.
This is the 4th case in the state
Nov. 22
CHINA:
Xinjiang Authorities Sentence Uyghur Philanthropist to Death For Unsanctioned
Hajj
Authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have
sentenced a prominent Uyghur businessman and philanthropist to death for taking
an unsanctioned Muslim
Nov. 21
IRANexecutions
3 Men Hanged in Public- IHR Warns About a New Wave of Execution in the
Coming Weeks
3 prisoners were hanged in public at Iranian city of Shiraz this morning.
Several children were observed among the crowd watching the executions.
Iranian authorities
Nov. 20
SOUTH AFRICA:
Calls for death penalty after man in court for woman's 'murder'
The National Educational, Health and Allied Workers (Nehawu) is calling for the
death penalty to be brought back to show that crimes against women will no
longer be tolerated within South African
Nov. 19
IRANexecution
Man Hanged at Zahedan PrisonMilad Nouri was arrested around a year ago by
security forces.
A Prisoner was hanged at Zahedan Central Prison on Monday, November 12.
According to IHR sources, Milad Nouri was hanged on the morning of November 12,
2018.
November 18
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES:
Man given death penalty after killing colleague with iron bar--Worker attacked
victim during argument at breakfast time
A man has been sentenced to death for killing a colleague with an iron bar
after arguing at breakfast in Ajman.
The 30-year-old
Nov. 17
NIGERIA:
Nyame: Corrupt public officials deserve death penalty – Appeal Court judge
An Appeal Court judge, Emmanuel Agim, says public office holders convicted of
fraud deserve the death penalty for the effect of their crimes on the society.
Mr Agim expressed this view while
November 16
ISRAEL:
As Knesset advances death penalty bill, Israel at UN joins calls to end
practiceJerusalem one of 123 nations voting for resolution hailing the
‘possibility of moving away from capital punishment through domestic
decision-making’
As the Knesset advances
November 15
IRANexecutions
10 Prisoners Hanged at Rajai-Shahr Prison in 1 Day
10 prisoners were executed at Rajai-Shahr Prison on Wednesday, November 14.
According to the IHR sources, Vahid Mazloumin and Mohammad Esmaeel Ghasemi who
were hanged on economic corruption charges were
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