Egypt executed three people on 13 February 2019, who were sentenced to death for the killing of a senior police officer during a raid in Cairo in 2013.

An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on 31 January 2019 awarded the death sentence to two criminals for their involvement in a murder.

The Court of Appeal on 12 February 2019 turned down an appeal by a woman and her five relatives who were sentenced to death for killing her husband in Kiambu in 2004.

A Jigawa High Court sitting in Dutse has sentenced a 25-year-old man, Zailani Musa to death by hanging for killing two girls at Ribadu village in Gwaram local government area, dailypost.ng reported on 4 February 2019.

An Iraqi criminal court has sentenced six brothers to death by hanging for joining the Islamic State (IS) terror group, IraqiNews.com reported on 12 February 2019.

A mother was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for murder, Spa reported on 11 February 2019.

China's Supreme People's Court revealed that a man found guilty of murdering 15 people in an SUV collision was put to death on 29 January 2019 in central China's Hunan Province.

A defendant found guilty for two indictments, possession of 24 grams of heroin and peddling drugs, was sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court on 31 January 2019.

The share of Belarusians who support the use of the death penalty increased from 52% in 2016 to 60% in 2017, a poll by the Presidential Administration’s Information and Analytical Center showed.

A Jordanian court sentenced two brothers to death on 10 February 2019 in connection with a 2016 attack claimed by the Islamic State group, overturning a life sentence handed to the men last year.

The Court of Appeal on 8 February 2019 confirmed the death sentences of four men convicted of killing a cab driver in Gaborone and a Gantsi farm owner respectively.

Thursday, February 14th at 3:00 pm, the Nonviolent Radical Party Transnational and Transparty will hold a demonstration in front of the Iranian embassy (in Rome, Via Nomentana, 361) to denounce the "Iranian danger" in the days when two world conferences are held in Warsaw and Munich on the subject.