A Pakistani high court has upheld the death sentence of two Christian brothers convicted for uploading blasphemous content on social media in 2011.

An Alexandria Criminal Court sentenced on 11 June 2022 a 60-year-old man to death for murdering Coptic Orthodox priest Arsanios Wadid last month in the Egyptian coastal city.

Malaysia’s government has agreed to abolish the mandatory death penalty and to substitute it with other sentences which are subject to the discretion of the court.

Two British citizens and a Moroccan were sentenced to death on 9 June 2022 for fighting on Ukraine’s side, in a punishment handed down by the country’s pro-Moscow rebels.

An Asian man was handed a death sentence by the Umm Al Quwain Misdemeanour Court for killing his girlfriend on 1 June 2022.