According to Iran Human Rights sources, a man was hanged at Kermanshah Central Prison (known as Dizel Abad) on 18 April 2019.

The Arab Institute for Human Rights has organized a training session in Hammamet, on 20 and 21 April 2019, for judges and representatives of prison institutions on the role of the judge and the prison administration between human rights and the death penalty, with the participation of 25 judges and 21 prison wardens from different Tunisian regions.

Saudi Arabia executed 37 people on 23 April 2019 after they had been sentenced to death for terrorism-related crimes.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered the execution by firing squad of four foreign ministry officials after the failure of his Hanoi summit with Donald Trump, a report has claimed.

An Egyptian court on 24 April 2019 sentenced two monks to death for killing an abbot in a desert monastery north of Cairo last year.

An Iraqi court has sentenced an Islamic State militant to death over his involvement in a deadly car bomb attack in the province of Diyala, iraqinews.com reported on 24 April 2019.

The last time Equatorial Guinea applied the death sentence was in 2014 but President Obiang Nguema has given a strong hint that the judicial measure will soon be abolished.

An Iraqi court has sentenced an Islamic State militant to death by hanging over his involvement in several sniper attacks in the country, Baghdad Today website quoted the Supreme Judicial Council media center as saying in a press statement on 18 April 2019.

Eight men have been sentenced to death in Sharjah on 18 April 2019 for carrying out a string of armed robberies at money exchanges and cash machines in the emirate last year.

An Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo, presided by Justice Joy Unwana has handed down death sentence to seven people, including three policemen for kidnapping, the Nation reported on 16 April 2019.

The Cairo Criminal Court referred two defendants on 16 April 2019 to the Grand Mufti seeking his opinion on a preliminary death sentence for them over their alleged participation in the Helwan Church attack in December 2017.

The Attorney General’s Office said in a statement on 16 April 2019 that two suspects were sentenced to death for killing a journalist in Kandahar.