An International Committee for the abolition of the death penalty in Arab countries was established on 25 June 2021 under the leadership of former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki.
Al-Shabaab terrorist group on 27 June 2021 publicly executed six people accused of spying for the American intelligence agency, the CIA, in southern Somalia.
At least 883 unarmed civilians have been killed by security forces in Myanmar since the military seizure of power in early February and 126 have been sentenced to death.
The Iraqi Central Criminal Court on 27 June 2021 issued death sentences against nine convicts involved in the Camp Speicher massacre in Saladin, in 2014.
Continuing Record-Low Death Penalty Usage in First Half of Year
For 'Surreptitiously’ Obtaining Lethal Drug
Killer of 11 of its members
For drugs
A Political Prisoner Sentenced To Death
"Not enough"
Escapes execution
