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DECEMBER 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Qom on December 7
586 executions since the beginning of 2022
- DECEMBER 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Baratali Sheikhalizadeh executed in Karaj on December 7
DECEMBER 6, 2022TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: ELEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING CONSERVATIONIST
A court in Tanzania on 2 December 2022 sentenced 11 people to death over the 2017 murder of renowned anti-poaching activist Wayne Lotter.
DECEMBER 6, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SIX MORE POLITICAL DISSIDENTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A human rights organization says the Saudi judiciary has sentenced six more prisoners of conscience to death, Press TV’s website reported on 5 December 2022.
DECEMBER 5, 2022Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: JUNTA SENTENCES SEVEN STUDENTS TO DEATH
Myanmar’s junta on 30 November 2022 handed down death sentences to seven Dagon University students in Yangon who took part in anti-regime protests.
DECEMBER 5, 2022North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: THREE TEENAGERS PUBLICLY EXECUTED
North Korea has publicly executed three teenagers by firing squad – two for watching and distributing South Korean movies and one for murdering his stepmother – two sources who witnessed it told Radio Free Asia.
DECEMBER 5, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nasser Omarzahi and Alireza Naroouie executed in Zahedan on December 5
DECEMBER 5, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death sentences for protesters
DECEMBER 5, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: CULTIST SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING IN EKITI
An Ekiti State High Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti, has sentenced one Segun Iwaetan, to death by hanging for being a cultist and raping a 20-year-old virgin, Daily Post reported on 5 December 2022.
DECEMBER 4, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four men executed for 'intelligence cooperation' with Israel
DECEMBER 4, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Heydar Hassani Maram executed in Yasui on December 4
DECEMBER 4, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Gholam Rasoul Mazarzehi and Anoushirvan Omarzehi executed in Zahedan on December 4
DECEMBER 3, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Woman, Mouloud Molazadeh, executed in Isfahan on December 3
DECEMBER 3, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zakaria Rigi and Hojjat Saif Panah executed in Shiraz on December 3
DECEMBER 2, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH-ROW CONVICT HANGED AT KASHIMPUR JAIL
A death-row convict was hanged on 30 November 2022 at Kashimpur Central Jail-2 in a case filed for the murder of freedom fighter Gias Uddin in Narayanganj.
DECEMBER 2, 2022MississippiDEATH PENALTYUSA - Mississippi. Martez Abram sentenced to death
- DECEMBER 1, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Mehdipour and Massoud Efati executed in Rasht on December 1
DECEMBER 1, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: CONDEMNED CONVICT EXECUTED IN RAJSHAHI JAIL
A condemned convicted was executed in Rajshahi Central jail on 30 November 2022 night, official sources said.
DECEMBER 1, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amanullah Rakhshani executed in Sabzevar on December 1
565 executions since the beginning of the year
- NOVEMBER 30, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Death sentence for the mother of 3
6-year-old girl shot in the eye
NOVEMBER 30, 2022IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH BY ODISHA COURT FOR RAPING, KILLING 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL
Two persons were sentenced to death by a fast-track court in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district on 29 November 2022 for raping and killing an eight-year-old girl.
NOVEMBER 30, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Parviz Brahui executed in Bandar Abbas on November 30
NOVEMBER 30, 2022IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. Pizzuto’s execution canceled
State can’t find lethal drugs
NOVEMBER 30, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran To Try 10 Underage Protesters On Death Penalty Charges
- NOVEMBER 30, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran sentences 4 people to death for ‘cooperating’ with Israel
Maybe even executed
NOVEMBER 29, 2022MissouriDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. Kevin Johnson was executed
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NOVEMBER 29, 2022JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: DEATH-ROW INMATES SEEK END TO HANGING AS INHUMANE EXECUTION
Three death-row inmates in Osaka filed a suit against the state on 29 November 2022, seeking an end to the practice of execution by hanging, claiming the method was inhumane under international conventions.
NOVEMBER 29, 2022North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: DEATH PENALTY THREATENED FOR SPREADING COVID ‘RUMORS’
A notice posted in the North Korean capital earlier this year and seen by NK News this week warns that those who spread “rumors” about COVID-19 and Pyongyang’s quarantine policies could face the death penalty.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - … Turkzadeh executed in Hamadan on November 28
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NOVEMBER 28, 2022VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: HCMC WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DEADLY ABUSE OF 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A woman who had beaten her fiancé's daughter to death in HCMC last year was sentenced to death on 25 November 2022, while the father received eight years in prison.