Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of the state on 16 July 2021 sentenced two police officers and three other persons to death for kidnapping in the state.
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
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
