A Houthi-run court on 15 June 2021 ordered that Zafaran Zaid, a Yemeni human rights activist and lawyer, and her husband and fellow activist Fuad Al-Mansouri be executed by firing squad.
A 55-year-old man was executed on 17 June 2021 for the killing of his wife over a family feud 17 years ago, jail authorities said.
Bahrain on 20 June 2021 rejected a call by the United Nations rights watchdog to release and compensate two anti-regime political activists facing death sentences.
The Patna High Court on 21 June 2021 acquitted a man, who was given the death penalty by a court in Bihar's Gopalganj district for murdering his wife for dowry in 2007, for lack of evidence.
Hundreds of people gathered in Yemen's rebel-held capital on 16 June 2021 to watch the execution of three men -- two convicted of child rape and murder, and one of killing his daughters.
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