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MARCH 22, 2022BelizeDEATH PENALTYBELIZE: POSTHUMOUS PARDON PROPOSED FOR NORA PARHAM WHO WAS HANGED OVER 50 YEARS AGO
On 8 March 2022, International Women's Day, Belize’s Cabinet announced that after discussion, Cabinet gave its full support for the proposal from Minister of Human Development, Dolores Balderamos Garcia, for Nora Parham to be granted a posthumous pardon s
MARCH 21, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR SLITTING THROATS OF 3 DAUGHTERS
A Saudi man, convicted of slaying three of his daughters, was executed on 16 March 2022 after he was handed down a final death verdict, Saudi media reported, citing the Interior Ministry.
MARCH 21, 2022DEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG OFFENCES: GLOBAL OVERVIEW 2021
In 2021, 35 countries retain the death penalty for a range of drug offences, according to “The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: Global Overview 2021” Report (Harm Reduction International).
MARCH 21, 2022United KingdomDEATH PENALTYSCOTLAND: GOVERNMENT APOLOGIZES FOR WOMEN KILLED FOR WITCHCRAFT
Scotland’s Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon on 8 March 2022 in Edinburgh issued an official government pardon for thousands of women convicted of witchcraft in XVI and XVII Centuries and were killed “simply because they were women.
MARCH 20, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: AUTHORITIES PUT FOUR PEOPLE TO DEATH
Saudi Arabia on 17 March 2022 executed four men - two Saudis, two Indonesians - after being found guilty of committing murder and rape, state news agency (SPA) reported.
MARCH 18, 2022FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Cornelius Baker’s Death Sentence Commuted to Life In Prison
- 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 18, 2022South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. Green light to firing-squad executions
MARCH 18, 2022IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Iaho. HB 658 clears Legislature
To conceal the identity of all execution drug suppliers
- MARCH 17, 2022AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Jury again recommends death for Nicholas Smith
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 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN Aminullah Gargij executed on March 17
In Adelabad prison, in Shiraz
MARCH 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 49th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva
Rehman’s Report Highlights Systemic Human Rights Violations in Iran
MARCH 17, 2022KentuckyDEATH PENALTYUSA - Kentucky. Senate Judiciary Committee advanced HB 269
Ban death penalty for severe mental illnesses
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, 2022United KingdomDEATH 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 PENALTY
IRAN - 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