A court in Bangladesh on 12 October 2021 sentenced five people to death and acquitted nine others in a case filed for killing of college student Raju Ahmmed in Rajshahi.
A court in Pudukottai, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, on 1st October 2021 sentenced a man to death for beheading his mother over a family dispute.
The European Union on 10 October 2021 called for death sentences issued against Yemeni journalists and activists to be revoked.
A High Court in Lokoja, Kogi State, on 29 September 2021 sentenced a middle-aged man, Danladi Ichado to death by hanging for stabbing two women to death.
An Iraqi court on 21 June 2021 handed a death sentence to Daesh's "Sharia judge" after convicting him of killing 5 security forces in the country.
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Sierra Leone on 8 October 2021 formally abolished the death penalty, becoming the 23rd African country to repeal capital punishment.
A Khulna court on 8 October 2021 awarded the death penalty unto a man in a 2017 narcotics case filed over the recovery of contraband cocaine worth around Tk22 crore.
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