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NOVEMBER 24, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Special meeting of the Human Rights Council on the deteriorating of human rights in Iran
NOVEMBER 24, 2022AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: CALLS FOR DEATH PENALTY AS 70 PEOPLE ON TRIAL WITH BURNING A PERSON ALIVE
Algerian Public Prosecution requested on 19 November 2022 the death penalty against more than 70 people charged with torturing a man, burning him alive and mutilating his body.
NOVEMBER 24, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: POLICE OFFICER WHO KILLED MAN OVER CIGARETTE LIGHTER GETS DEATH PENALTY
A Somali military court has sentenced to death a police officer convicted of killing a civilian following an argument over a cigarette lighter, The East African reported on 24 November 2022.
NOVEMBER 23, 2022AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Governor Halts Executions After Execution Failures
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey
NOVEMBER 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Lotfi executed in Ilam on November 23
NOVEMBER 23, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 17 EXECUTED FOR DRUG-RELATED OFFENCES
Since 10 November 2022, Saudi Arabia has executed 17 men for what were termed drug and contraband offences, with three taking place on 21 November.
NOVEMBER 23, 2022UtahDEATH PENALTYUSA - Utah. Douglas Carter trial to be repeated
NOVEMBER 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Isfahan on November 23
NOVEMBER 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Niaz Jadgal executed in Chabahar Prison on November 23
- NOVEMBER 22, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: TWO FORMER GOVERNMENT SOLDIERS EXECUTED
The Somali military court on 17 November 2022 executed two former government soldiers by firing squad for murders committed in Kismayo.
NOVEMBER 22, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO MILITANTS CONVICTED TO DEATH IN DIPAN MURDER CASE FLEE DHAKA COURT LOCK-UP
Two members of the banned militant group Ansar al-Islam, who were sentenced to death in Jagriti Publications publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan murder case, escaped from the lock-up of Dhaka court on November 20, 2022.
NOVEMBER 22, 2022AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN PUBLICLY FLOGGED 19 PEOPLE AS PUNISHMENT FOR ADULTERY & THEFT
The hardline Islamist Taliban regime on November 19, 2022 lashed at least 19 people for committing various crimes such as adultery, theft, and running away from home, a Supreme Court official confirmed.
NOVEMBER 22, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At least 416 people including 51 children and 27 women killed in the ongoing nationwide protests
Killed byy security forces
NOVEMBER 21, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: FORMER SOLDIERS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD IN KISMAYO
Somali military court executed two former government soldiers in Kismayo on November 19, 2022 after they were convicted of killing a civilian and another soldier, the regional state media reported.
NOVEMBER 21, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS
A Saudi national has been sentenced to death for smuggling banned amphetamine tablets near the country’s northern border with Jordan, the Saudi Press Agency reported on 20 November 2022 citing the Ministry of Interior.
NOVEMBER 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran sentences to death 6th person over protests
NOVEMBER 19, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hakim Dehmardeh executed in Taibad on November 19
NOVEMBER 17, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DUAL NATIONAL WAJIHA SWATI’S HUSBAND SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Rizwan Habib, the widower of and prime accused in the murder of Wajiha Swati, was sentenced to death and 10 years imprisonment on 12 November 2022.
NOVEMBER 17, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CUMILLA FOR 2018 RAPE FOLLOWED BY MURDER
A tribunal in Cumilla on 8 November 2022 sentenced two men to death for killing a 10-year-old girl after rape in Monohargonj upazila in 2018.
NOVEMBER 17, 2022AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Alabama Tries and Fails to Execute Kenneth Smith
NOVEMBER 17, 2022OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Richard Fairchild, 63, White, was executed
NOVEMBER 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abbas Abdollahi and Fariborz Shahbazi executed in Rasht on November 17
NOVEMBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amin Abil executed in Mashhad on November 17
NOVEMBER 16, 2022KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: SEVEN PEOPLE HANGED IN FIRST EXECUTIONS SINCE 2017
Kuwait put seven people to death in a mass execution on November 16, 2022, the state-run KUNA news agency confirmed, making it the first execution since 2017 despite appeals from human rights organisations for clemency.
NOVEMBER 16, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DRUGS CASE IN GOPALGANJ
A Gopalganj court on 13 November 2022 has given death sentence to four people in a drugs scase.
NOVEMBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahab … executed in Mashhad on November 16
NOVEMBER 16, 2022TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Stephen Barbee, 55, White, was executed
The execution was prolonged while officials searched for a vein
NOVEMBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nasser Dehmardeh executed in Birjand on November 16
NOVEMBER 16, 2022ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Murray Hooper, 76, Black, was executed
NOVEMBER 16, 2022United KingdomDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran tried to assassinate British residents 10 times this year
MI5 reveals