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DECEMBER 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At Least 100 Protesters Facing Execution or Death Sentences
476 people killed, including 64 minors and 34 women
- DECEMBER 26, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Keyhan Shakerpahani executed in Kashan on November 26
DECEMBER 26, 2022ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER MAYOR RECEIVES SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR CORRUPTION
A former mayor of Hegang, a city in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on 23 December 2022 for multiple crimes involving corruption, according to a local court.
DECEMBER 26, 2022ItalyDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iranian Chess Grandmaster Sara Khadem Competes In International Tournament Without Hijab
Arouses the admiration of the Italian Prime Minister Meloni
DECEMBER 26, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Ebrahimi executed in Isfahan on December 26
DECEMBER 26, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - One of the 2 death sentences of Shakir Behrouz was reversed
A Kurdish political prisoner
DECEMBER 26, 2022ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY
Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema on 23 December 2022 assented to Penal Code (Amendment) Bill 2022, abolishing the law of the death penalty in Zambia.
DECEMBER 26, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Mirzavand executed in Dezful on December 26
Mirzavand was 16 years old at the time arrest
DECEMBER 25, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Soha Etebari, 12, killed by the armed forces of the regime on December 25
DECEMBER 24, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Elias Raisi and Ayoub Rigi executed in Zahedan on December 24
DECEMBER 24, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Ghobadlou appeal against the death sentence rejected
DECEMBER 24, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hardliner Clerics Demand More Executions, Amputations
DECEMBER 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nizamuddin Burhanzahi executed in Iranshahr on December 23
DECEMBER 22, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdullah Shahozahi executed in Shiraz on December 21
DECEMBER 22, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 unidentified men executed in Shiraz on December 22
628 executions since the beginning of the year
DECEMBER 22, 2022YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: HOUTHI-CONTROLLED COURT SENTENCES 16 YEMENIS TO DEATH, 13 OTHERS TO PRISON
Houthi-run Specialised Criminal Court of First Instance in Yemen’s capital of Sana’a on 7 December 2022 convicted 16 Yemenis, seven of whom were already detained, on charges of communicating with and assisting the “Saudi-Emirati aggression countries”.
DECEMBER 22, 2022MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA MAY ABOLISH MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY IN FEBRUARY, MINISTER SAYS
Mulling a review of the criminal justice system in the country, Malaysia may do away with the mandatory death penalty in the coming months, a minister said on 21 December 2022.
DECEMBER 21, 2022IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, KILLING WOMAN
A court in Haryana’s Sonipat on 19 December 2021 sentenced two men to death for raping and killing a woman five years ago.
DECEMBER 21, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG DEALERS
The National Assembly on 20 December 2022 approved “The Control of Narcotics Substance (Amendment) Bill, 2022,” abolishing death sentence for illicit trafficking of narcotics and psychotropic drugs.
DECEMBER 21, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hasan Firouzi, arrested during the protests, is in danger of execution
DECEMBER 21, 2022NevadaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Nevada. Governor Sisolak can not empty death row
DECEMBER 20, 2022GambiaDEATH PENALTYGAMBIA: DRIVER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN UPPER RIVER REGION
Justice Landing M. Sanneh, the presiding Judge of the High Court in Basse, in the Upper River Region (URR) has sentenced Bakary Jallow, a driver by profession to death for reportedly killing one Alieu Sanyang, The Point reported on 20 December 2022.
DECEMBER 20, 2022LibyaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA: 17 FORMER IS MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Libyan court sentenced 17 former members of the Islamic State group to death, a statement from the country’s Tripoli-based top prosecutor said on 19 December 2022.
- DECEMBER 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj on December 20
Mehdi Kamrani Far + 2 unknown
- DECEMBER 19, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Riot at Karaj Penitentiary at least one prisoner killed
Mohsen Mansouri, and 17 transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions
- DECEMBER 19, 2022AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN OFFICIAL PARDONS HIS FATHER'S MURDERER
A senior Afghan official has pardoned a man sentenced to death for murdering the politician's father, a court said on 18 December 2022, days after Taliban authorities carried out the first public execution since the Islamists seized power.
DECEMBER 19, 2022LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR KILLER OF BRITISH WOMAN
A Lebanese court has upheld the death sentence for an Uber driver convicted of killing a British woman who worked for the U.K. Embassy in Beirut five years ago, the embassy said on December 16, 2022.
DECEMBER 18, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Akbari + unknown executed in Sari on December 18
DECEMBER 18, 2022United NationsDEATH PENALTYUN GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES ‘MORATORIUM ON THE USE OF THE DEATH PENALTY’ RESOLUTION
125 votes in favour (3 more than in 2020), 37 against (one less than in 2020) and 22 abstentions (there were 24 in 2020).
DECEMBER 18, 2022SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO STONING DEATH WILL GO TO JAIL INSTEAD
A Sudanese woman charged with adultery has had her life spared and will instead spend six months behind bars after she admitted to kissing a man.