North Korea has recently introduced a sweeping new law which seeks to stamp out any kind of foreign influence - harshly punishing anyone caught with foreign films, clothing or even using slang, BBC reported on 7 June 2021.

The relatives of two men awaiting execution in Saudi Arabia on 7 June 2021 asked British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to press for their release while he visits the kingdom.

Saudi authorities on 1st June 2021 executed a citizen for murdering his 10-year-old son.

Government officials in North Korea are living in fear after a series of executions of their colleagues on the orders of leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, two officials told RFA.

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A Pakistani court on 3 June 2021 acquitted a Christian couple who have spent seven years on death row for alleged blasphemy, their lawyer says, in a case that rights groups have long singled out for fair trial issues.

The People’s Court in the south-central Vietnamese province of Phu Yen on 31 May 2021 condemned a 19-year-old man to death for raping and murdering a 13-year-old girl last year.

A Keralite who was awaiting capital execution in the United Arab Emirates for causing the death of a young boy got a new lease of life as NRI tycoon M A Yusuff Ali extended a helping hand by paying a compensation (blood money) of Rs 10 million (500,000 dirhams) to the victim's family.

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118th woman executed during Rouhani’s tenure

The Rawalpindi District Session Court on 31 May 2021 awarded a death sentence to two accused in a murder case.

A Chinese teacher at an elementary school has been sentenced to death in August 2020 for raping several students from 2001 to 2020, the Supreme People's Prosecutor's Office of China said on 31 May 2021 at a press conference.