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- APRIL 11, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER IN RAJSHAHI
A court in Bangladesh on 10 April 2022 handed down the death penalty to four people for the murder of a sweets shop assistant in Rajshahi's Tanore Upazila last year.
APRIL 11, 2022IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: THREE GET DEATH SENTENCE IN ASSAM FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF TWO TRIBAL GIRLS
Three persons were awarded death sentence on 8 April 2022 by a fast-track court in Assam for the rape and murder of two tribal girls last year.
APRIL 11, 2022TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Wave of support for Melissa Lucio
The members of HoC have also signed the appeal
APRIL 11, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Golmohammad ... executed in the Prison of Karaj City on April 11
APRIL 11, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Milad Jafari killed of torture in Tehran
During detention by Tehran intelligence police
APRIL 11, 2022United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson
First African-American Woman to Serve on U.S. Supreme Court
- APRIL 10, 2022TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING GIRLFRIEND, TWIN SONS
Taiwan High Court’s Taichung Branch upheld on 29 March 2022 the death sentence for a man who killed his girlfriend and their two sons in November 2019.
- APRIL 10, 2022VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: PEOPLE’S COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BANKER IN $18MN EMBEZZLEMENT CASE
The high-level People’s Court in Hanoi on 5 April 2022 upheld the death penalty handed down to the former director of a bank branch in Hai Phong City, northern Vietnam for embezzling VND414 billion (US$18.1 million).
APRIL 10, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3rd Public Execution Sentence In Less Than A Month
Name not disclosed
- APRIL 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Christian converts sentenced to prison and fines
APRIL 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmadreza Djalali Beaten by Evin Prison Officials
APRIL 8, 2022KentuckyDEATH PENALTYUSA - Kentucky. Governor signed HB 269 into law
Exempting severely mentally ill from capital punishment
APRIL 7, 2022United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: ISRAELI RECEIVES DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG POSSESSION
An Israeli woman was sentenced to death in a court in the United Arab Emirates on 5 April 2022 for possessing half a kilogram of cocaine.
- APRIL 6, 2022ChinaDEATH PENALTY
SURGEONS EXECUTED CHINESE PRISONERS FOR ORGANS, SAYS ANU STUDY
A new Australian study says it has unearthed evidence that surgeons in China have harvested the hearts of death row prisoners before they were medically brain-dead.
APRIL 6, 2022VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: SOUTH KOREAN GETS DEATH FOR MURDERING FELLOW CITIZEN IN HCMC
A HCMC court sentenced a South Korean man to death on 28 March 2022 for killing a woman while committing a robbery almost three years ago.
APRIL 6, 2022IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: TEACHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING 13 STUDENTS
An Indonesian teacher found guilty of raping 13 students at an Islamic boarding school, and who impregnated at least eight of the victims, was sentenced to death on 4 April 2022.
APRIL 6, 2022PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Samuel Randolph exonerated and released
187th person to be exonerated
APRIL 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At least 50 political prisoners await execution
A report from Javanehha
APRIL 5, 2022AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Brandon Sykes formally sentenced to death
APRIL 4, 2022Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: MILITARY TRIBUNAL SENTENCES EIGHT MORE YOUTHS TO DEATH
A Myanmar military tribunal has handed down death sentences to eight more youths accused of attacking junta targets in Yangon, bringing the total number of those facing the death penalty since the coup to over 110.
APRIL 3, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING 0.5 KG OF HEROIN
A court in Bangladesh on 31 March 2022 sentenced a woman caught with a 0.5 kg of heroin in Gaibandha in 2018 to death in a narcotics case.
APRIL 3, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: EGYPTIAN EXPAT EXECUTED OVER KIDNAPPING AND RAPING CHILD
The Saudi Ministry of Interior on 28 March 2022 announced in a statement the execution of an Egyptian expatriate who was sentenced to death over luring two children, kidnapping a female child, torturing and raping her.
APRIL 1, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javaid Rehman Mandate Extended for Another Year
Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
APRIL 1, 2022MissouriDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. Marvin Rice sentenced to death
First death sentence in Missouri in nine years
MARCH 31, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING BLOGGER ANANTA BIJOY
Four persons on 30 March 2022 were sentenced to death in Bangladesh for killing writer and blogger Ananta Bijoy Das of Sylhet in May 2015.
MARCH 31, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PLAN TO BOMB THE SINDH ASSEMBLY
Two terrorists on 30 March 2022 were sentenced to death for their plot to blow up the Sindh Assembly and other government buildings in Karachi, while their three accomplices will serve three rigorous life sentences.
MARCH 31, 2022ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Governor pressed on the issue of the death penalty
If on abortion he is pro-life, then must be against the death penalty
MARCH 30, 2022SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: DRUG TRAFFICKER HANGED IN RESUMPTION OF EXECUTIONS
A Singaporean man on death row for drug trafficking was hanged on 30 March 2022 in the first execution in the city-state in over two years, rights activists said.
MARCH 30, 2022LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. The state can’t buy drugs to use in executions
So judge drops death penalty case
MARCH 30, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fakhredin Valedi and Hossein Joshan Executed in Isfahan on March 30
The news was published by IHR on 25 April