Zimbabwe has begun releasing more than 4,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty that authorities say will help ease congestion in some overcrowded jails.
Five resistance members accused of shooting dead four police officers on a Yangon train were sentenced to death by a junta court at Insein Prison on May 15, 2023, according to lawyers familiar with the case.
Who spent 15 years on death row
Shahram Sharqi
Somali military court in Baidoa executed two men by firing squad in Baidoa on the morning of May 18, 2023.
295 executions since the beginning of the year
Saeed Garavand, Samad Garavand, and Shahab Mansourinesb Garavand
Accused of a 'political' crime
To Mr Volker Turk - the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and to Ms. Mai Sato - the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran
