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- MARCH 18, 2022FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. State to drop death penalty in resentencing of Richard Allen Johnson
MARCH 18, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran Dismisses UN Human Rights Assessment As 'Biased Report'
- MARCH 17, 2022KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Senate Judiciary Committee advanced HB 269
Ban death penalty for severe mental illnesses
- MARCH 17, 2022AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Jury again recommends death for Nicholas Smith
- MARCH 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Aminullah Gargij executed on March 17
In Adelabad prison, in Shiraz
- MARCH 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 49th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva
Rehman’s Report Highlights Systemic Human Rights Violations in Iran
MARCH 17, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: CLERIC SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FRIEND IN LAGOS
A Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, on 16 March 2022, sentenced a 34-year-old cleric, Fatai Afobaje, to death for killing his friend and mutilating his body
MARCH 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Massoud Ghoroobi and Gholamhossein Sadri executed on March 17
In Adelabad prison, in Shiraz
MARCH 16, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: THREE PERSONS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RIVERS STATE
After 11 years of trial, Godffrey Hanson, Chima Wokoma and Andy Clement have been sentenced to death by hanging in Rivers state for the murder of Chief Precious Nwali and Charles Nwogu, a former director at the state Ministry of Health, Elanhub reported o
MARCH 16, 2022SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: COURT REJECTS APPEALS BY THREE MEN ON DEATH ROW
A Singapore court on 16 March 2022 rejected appeals by three men sentenced to death for drugs offences despite criticism from the United Nations and rights campaigners.
MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz Prison on March 16
Abdolreza Shafiee, Ahmad Gorgij and Bashir Samadi
MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anousheh Ashouri Freed
MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed at Gohardasht Prison on March 16
Gholam Ali Khaurgir, Abbas Khaurgir, and Mohsen Jandaghi
MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zubayd … executed in Isfahan on March 16, 2022
(unknown surname)
- MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 men executed in Shiraz Central Prison on March 16
Ali Sahandi, Mohammad Hossein Sahandi, Sadegh Sahebi and Bashir Kaboli
MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Hashemi executed in Qazvin Prison on March 16
MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Bashir Kameli executed on March 16
In Adelabad prison, in Shiraz
MARCH 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Rastegar and Gholamreza Paki executed in Isfahan on March 16
- MARCH 15, 2022CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Noel Herrera formally sentenced to death
- MARCH 15, 2022IdahoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Idaho. Senate panel passes HB 658
would shield suppliers of lethal drugs and execution participants
MARCH 15, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NAOGAON FOR TRIPLE MURDER
The Naogaon Additional District and Sessions Judge Court on 14 March 2022 sentenced nine people to death and another to life term imprisonment for murdering three people in Badalgachhi upazila in the district in 2014.
MARCH 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Peyman Babakhani and Mir Ali Hosseini executed on March 15
In Orumiyeh Central Prison
MARCH 15, 2022SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: INTELLIGENCE AGENT SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
The El Obeid Court in North Kordofan, Sudan, sentenced a member of the General Intelligence Service (GIS) to death by hanging on 14 March 2022.
MARCH 15, 2022United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Minitary. Sept. 11 Prosecutors Are in Plea Talks
Guilty plea in exchange for life sentences
MARCH 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Bozorgzadeh executed in Bushehr on March 15
MARCH 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hatem Ozdemir sentenced to death
Kurdish political prisoner
- MARCH 14, 2022United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The latest edition of "Death Row USA" Drusa has been published
State Death Rows Drop Below 2,400 For First Time Since 1990
- MARCH 14, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man and woman executed on March 14
In Shiraz Central Prison
MARCH 14, 2022United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: UMM AL QUWAIN COURT SENTENCES AFRICAN MAN TO DEATH FOR HIS ROOMMATE'S MURDER
An African man has been sentenced to death for murdering his roommate by stabbing him in the chest and heart, Khaleej Times reported on 13 March 2022.
MARCH 14, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 81 MEN EXECUTED IN ONE DAY, THE BIGGEST MASS EXECUTION IN DECADES
Saudi Arabia executed 81 men on 12 March 2022, including seven Yemenis and one Syrian, for terrorism and other offenses including holding “deviant beliefs,” authorities said, in the biggest mass execution in decades.