He was identified only as "Rostam"
One of the executed was Jafar Zabi. The name of the other three has not been obtained.
DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi’s office said that he has pardoned two men convicted over the assassination of former ruler Laurent-Desire Kabila, the father of his political rival Joseph Kabila, AFP reported on 2 January 2021.
Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna State has granted pardon to 12 prisoners in the state to mark the beginning of 2021.
Their names were Elias Ghalandarzehi, Hassan Dehvari (Hasan Dahvari), and Omid Mahmoudzehi.
Three Sunni political prisoners executed in Vakilabad Prison of Mashhad.
The only woman on US death row is scheduled to be executed on January 12.
Jigawa State High Court on 29 December 2020 sentenced two persons to death by hanging in different cases.
This is a drop of 14 executions compared to 2019, and 44 compared to 2018, a drop of 4.7% and 13.4% respectively.
The Afghan Supreme Court has sentenced Mohammad Adil, the mastermind of the November 2020 Kabul University attack that claimed the lives of 22 people, to death.
IRAN - The United Nations condemns the execution of Mohammad Hassan Rezaiee.
A Kuwaiti citizen has been sentenced to death a year after killing her Filipina domestic worker.
