Three Mexican nationals who were sentenced to death in Malaysia have been pardoned and returned to the country, Riviera Maya News reported on 14 May 2019.
An Ikeja High Court on 13 May 2019 sentenced to death a 33-year-old man, Abiodun Allen, for killing his immediate younger brother, Wale, with a broken bottle.
Sulaimani Criminal Court on 12 May 2019 handed down fifteen death sentences to three people who had been convicted earlier of killing eighteen taxi drivers in 2013.
Bahrain’s supreme court of appeal on 12 May 2019 upheld death sentences against two anti-regime activists.
An Egyptian court on 12 May 2019 sentenced two men to death and eight others to between three years and life in prison over an attack on a church and Christian-owned shop in Cairo that killed 10 people.
A regional court in Puntland on 12 May 2019 sentenced 3 men to death for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl, Aisha Ilyas Adan in Galkayo city early this year.
There has been a landmark court ruling in Malawi which has seen the first person sentenced to death for killing a teenager with albinism.
Abubacar Tambadou, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice said on 7 May 2019 the government of the Gambia as part of fulfilling its international obligation is willing to remove the death penalty.
Nineveh Criminal Court sentenced a terrorist of Daesh groups to death for killing Iraqi soldiers and raping Yazidi women, INA reported on 9 May 2019.
A prisoner was executed at Ardabil prison on 4 May 2019, HRANA reported.
Five condemned persons who have been convicted to be stoned to death while another 10 whose legs and hands are to be amputated are said to be languishing in Bauchi prison presently.
Lawmakers in Taiwan voted on 7 May 2019 to amend existing laws to enforce heavier penalties against anyone – locals, Hong Kongers or mainland residents – who leak state secrets or spy for Beijing.
