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SYRIA EXECUTES 24 PEOPLE FOR SETTING WILDFIRES, CALLING IT ‘TERRORISM’

23 October 2021

Syria has executed 24 people after convicting them on terrorism charges for igniting last year’s devastating wildfires, leaving three people dead and burning thousands of hectares (acres) of forests, the Justice Ministry said on 21 October 2021.

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INDIA: NINE GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF 3 MEMBERS OF FAMILY IN RAYAGADA

23 October 2021

Nine persons on 21 October 2021 were awarded death sentence in Odisha by the Rayagada district and sessions court for the murder of three members of a family in Kitum village in 2016 on the suspicion of practising witchcraft.

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IRAN - Zakaria Baluch executed in Zahedan Prison on October 19

23 October 2021

On drug-related charges

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RAN - Brothers Ali-Muhammad and Eslam Muhammadi Executed in Ahvaz on October 19

23 October 2021

Their mother died after the execution having a heart stroke

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