Saudi Arabia's former commander in charge of the coalition war in Yemen has been sentenced to death following a military trial, according to a 27 June 2021 report by the Washington DC-based Institute for Gulf Affairs.

Even in the most deadly state

On July 4, for murder

The Supreme Court on 29 June 2021 upheld the death sentence given to a 74-year-old woman dubbed the “black widow” for murdering her husband and two common-law partners with poison in western Japan between 2012 and 2013 to inherit money and escape debt.

An International Committee for the abolition of the death penalty in Arab countries was established on 25 June 2021 under the leadership of former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki.

Al-Shabaab terrorist group on 27 June 2021 publicly executed six people accused of spying for the American intelligence agency, the CIA, in southern Somalia.

At least 883 unarmed civilians have been killed by security forces in Myanmar since the military seizure of power in early February and 126 have been sentenced to death.

The Iraqi Central Criminal Court on 27 June 2021 issued death sentences against nine convicts involved in the Camp Speicher massacre in Saladin, in 2014.

Continuing Record-Low Death Penalty Usage in First Half of Year

For 'Surreptitiously’ Obtaining Lethal Drug

Killer of 11 of its members

For drugs