The Colombo High Court on 30 July 2019 sentenced a heroin smuggler to death. The suspect is Jesmin Rizwan, a resident of Maligawatta.

Iran's state TV says a former mayor of Tehran who also served as one of the country's vice presidents was sentenced to death on 30 July 2019 for killing his wife.

A man was sentenced to death in Belarus for double murder on 31 July 2019 despite repeated calls by the European Union for the abolition of capital punishment in the only European country that still carries out executions.

A serial killer who murdered six people and raped 10 women and two girls, including a 12-year-old, was executed on 30 July 2019, according to the country's top court.

A few hours after the Trump administration announced it was bringing back federal executions, former vice president and 2020 candidate Joe Biden had a single message: abolish the death penalty.

The Report on the death penalty in Saudi Arabia prepared by Baroness Helena Kennedy on the basis of official documents, direct testimonies and open sources was presented on 29 July 2019 at the House of Commons in London.

An Abeokuta High Court on 26 July 2019 sentenced a truck driver, Monsuni Waidi, to death by hanging for killing a passenger.

Three men were recently hanged in Iran for murder and drug trafficking.

A Uae resident who shot a man dead inside a mosque in Al Ain in 2017 has been sentenced to death, the Khaleej Times reported on 29 July 2019.

Two Shia activists - Ahmad al-Mullali, 24, and Ali Hakim al-Arab, 25 - were executed at Jaw prison, south of the Bahraini capital Manama, on 26 July 2019 after private meetings with their famili

Two Dutchmen were sentenced to death in Morocco for murder, the NOS reported on 27 July 2019. One person was killed in the shooting in Marrakech. Two others were injured.

Two women, Arasteh Ranjbar and Nazdar Vatankhah, were hanged at the Central Prison of Urmia on 23 July 2019.