For murder
At least 174 executions since the beginning of the year in Iran
A High Court in Abeokuta, on 16 July 2021 sentenced a 44-year-old man, Tosin Shodunke to death by hanging for armed robbery.
At least 48 executed on drug-related charges in Iran in 2021
For murders
Gargiulo is considered a serial killer
Bangladesh has executed a hardline Islamist for a 2005 bomb attack in which eight people died.
A man in the northeast China city of Harbin was sentenced to death on 15 July 2021 for killing a pandemic control volunteer who stopped him from leaving a residential complex under lockdown, a court said.
161st execution in Iran since the beginning of the year
160th execution in Iran since the beginning of the year
A man sentenced to death for raping his three-year-old stepdaughter was executed by firing squad on 15 July 2021 in southern Somalia’s Jubaland state.
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
