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FEBRUARY 3, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES MAN BY FIRING SQUAD FOR ALLEGED SPYING
Al-Shabaab militants have announced the execution of a man who they accused of spying for the Ethiopia National Defense Forces [ENDF] working for AMISOM and the Southwest regional troops, Garowe reported 1 february 2022.
FEBRUARY 3, 2022NigerDEATH PENALTYNIGER: TWO ALGERIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2013 AREVA ATTACK
At the end of December, the Niamey Court of Appeal handed down two death sentences and five acquittals.
FEBRUARY 3, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Najibullah Gorgij executed in Mashhad on February 3
FEBRUARY 3, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hafizaullah Barahooye executed in Zahedan on February 3
FEBRUARY 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unnamed man "recently" executed in Rajai Shahr Prison
Sentenced for murder based on qassameh testimony
FEBRUARY 2, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER RAPING, MURDERING OWN MOTHER
A man has been sentenced to death after raping and murdering his own mother in Tanta, Egypt, The Filipino Times reported on 31 January 2022.
FEBRUARY 2, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND SENTENCES SIX MILITANTS TO DEATH AND JAIL TERMS FOR SERIAL KILLINGS
A military court in Somalia’s Puntland state has sentenced four men to death and two others to jail terms following a trial that substantiated their links to Al-Shabaab militants, Garowe online reported on 1 February 2022.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2022KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. House panel OKs death penalty ban for mental illnesses
FEBRUARY 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Shiraz on February 2
FEBRUARY 1, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 4 ROBBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN KANO FOR MURDER
Four armed robbery suspects have been sentenced to death by hanging by a Kano High Court presided by Justice Nasiru Saminu, The Sun reported on 30 January 2022.
FEBRUARY 1, 2022IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 488 CONVICTS ON DEATH ROW AT THE END OF 2021
There are about 488 convicts on death row across India at the end of December 2021, the highest since 2004.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - On unspecified date Mohammad Anbarzehi executed in Shiraz
"in February"
- JANUARY 31, 2022Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC: 51 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER OF UN EXPERTS BY A MILITARY COURT
A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo sentenced 51 people to death on 29 January 2022, several in absentia, as well as a 10-year prison term and two acquittals in a mass trial over the 2017 killing of two UN experts in Kasai, central DRC.
JANUARY 31, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 10 SENTENCED TO DEATH ON CHARGES OF PLANNING ATTACKS
An Egyptian court on 30 January 2022 sentenced to death 10 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group for coordinating and planning attacks on the police, the state-news agency MENA has reported.
JANUARY 31, 2022TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Pervis Payne Resentenced to Concurrent Life Terms
Eligible for Parole in Five Years After 34 Years on Death Row
- JANUARY 30, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadreza Afaridoun executed in Zahedan on January 30
JANUARY 30, 2022Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: MORE THAN 100 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN YANGON SINCE COUP
Myanmar’s junta has condemned more than 100 people to death in the Yangon region alone since it seized power a year ago, Radio Free Asia reported on 27 January 2022.
JANUARY 30, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehrdad Karimpou and Farid Mohammadi executed in Maragheh on January 30
On sodomy charges
- JANUARY 29, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nasser Sohrabzehi Executed in Zahedan
JANUARY 29, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Kaveh executed in Rasht Prison on January 29
JANUARY 27, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: KARACHI MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN WIFE’S MURDER CASE
A model court has handed down death sentence to a man for burning his wife to death over a domestic dispute, Dawn reported on 26 January 2022.
JANUARY 27, 2022IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: BIHAR POSCO COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR RAPE OF SIX-YEAR-OLD
A special court under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on 26 January 2022 sentenced a 48-year-old man to death for the rape of a six-year-old girl in Bihar’s Araria.
JANUARY 27, 2022AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Matthew Reeveswas executed on January 27
43, Black
JANUARY 27, 2022OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Donald Anthony Grant, 46, Black, was executed
JANUARY 27, 2022United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Capital Punishment, 2020 Statistics
Death Row Below 2,500 First Time in 29 Years
JANUARY 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mir Soltan Amiri executed in Urmia on January 27
On drug-related charges
JANUARY 27, 2022AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Cory Maples’ death sentenced tossed out
JANUARY 26, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE, THREE CHILDREN
An antiterrorism court on 20 January 2022 awarded death sentence to a convict for murdering his wife, two minor children and a minor brother-in-law over domestic issues in 2017.
JANUARY 26, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER AFTER RAPE
A Chattogram court on 20 January 2022 sentenced a man to death for killing a woman after rape at Sitakunda upazila in Chattogram in 2017.
- JANUARY 26, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Brothers Yasser and Younes Nourizadeh Receive Death Penalty
For Drug Offences