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JANUARY 10, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Heydar Ghorbani officially died for “unknown reasons”
Executed on December 19
JANUARY 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Rasoul Paghadam executed in Qazvin Prison on January 9
For murder
JANUARY 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Javad Vafaei, International Call To Save His Life
Political Prisoner Sentenced to Death
JANUARY 9, 2022United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Guantánamo Bay, 20 years on
- JANUARY 4, 2022DEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: KANO COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING NEIGHBOUR
A Kano State High Court 15, sitting at Miller road, on 14 December 2021, sentenced one Balarabe Ahmad to death by hanging for stabbing his neighbour to death.
JANUARY 3, 2022DEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD AGAINST EGYPTIAN FOR KILLING SPONSOR
Kuwait’s Court of Appeals has upheld the death sentence issued earlier by a lower court against an Egyptian man after he was found guilty of premeditated murder of his Kuwaiti sponsor, Gulf News reported on 28 December 2021.
- JANUARY 2, 2022DEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: ONDO STATE GOVERNOR COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF SIX CONVICTS TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has ordered the release of four inmates serving various terms of imprisonment from the correctional centres in the state, while six convicts sentenced to death by hanging were commuted to life imprisonment to mark t
- JANUARY 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Salarzehi executed in Shiraz on January 2
For drug-related offences
- JANUARY 1, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Report: Iran killed 52 Kurd border porters in 2021
Hengaw says
JANUARY 1, 2022DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javanehha's Year End Report: Record of suppression
At least 350 executions, 3800 detentions and 112 state murders
JANUARY 1, 2022DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jalil Eshterak executed in Zabol on January 1
DECEMBER 31, 2021DEATH PENALTYUSA - Death Penalty Information Center: Year End Report 2021
Virginia abolishes, 11 executions, 19 new death sentences
- DECEMBER 30, 2021DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 prisoners executed In Urmia on December 31, 2021
Moghadam Alizade, Hossen Abbasi Zade, Hamdullah Alami and Fayzullah Ghorbani
DECEMBER 30, 2021DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unnamed man executed in Yasuj on December 30
DECEMBER 29, 2021ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN WHO THREW CHILDREN OUT WINDOW AND GIRLFRIEND WHO INSTIGATED THE MURDERS
A couple from western China’s Chongqing municipality were both sentenced to death on 28 December 2021 for conspiring to kill the man’s two young children from a previous marriage so they could start a new family.
DECEMBER 29, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 4 GANG MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ARMED ROBBERY IN OGUN
An Abeokuta High Court on 24 December 2021 sentenced four gang members to death by hanging for armed robbery.
DECEMBER 29, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERROR CHARGES
An Iraqi criminal court on 23 December 2021 handed death sentences to three people accused of having a hand in a terrorist bomb attack that targeted southeastern Iraq earlier this month, the country’s Supreme Judicial Council announced.
DECEMBER 29, 2021DEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amin Ali-Panahi executed in Shiraz on 29 December 2021
DECEMBER 29, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Published the latest edition of "Death Row USA" updated to July 1, 2021
Fewest Death-Sentenced Prisoners in Three Decades
DECEMBER 28, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BLASPHEMY
A Peshawar court on 23 December 2021 convicted a 42-year-old man of committing blasphemy through uploading a video on the internet and sentenced him to death along with a fine of Rs100,000.
- DECEMBER 27, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified prisoner executed in Rajai Shahr Prison "in recent days"
For murder
DECEMBER 27, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 13 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF BRAHMANBARIA AWAMI LEAGUE LEADER
A Dhaka court on 26 December 2021 sentenced 13 people to death in a case filed over the murder of a local Awami League leader in 2016.
DECEMBER 27, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: IS-LINKED MAN EXECUTED FOR SUICIDE ATTACK PLOT
Saudi Arabia on 27 December 2021 executed a Yemeni man accused of plotting a suicide attack in the kingdom and of links to the Islamic State jihadist group, the interior ministry said.
DECEMBER 27, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Nehtani executed in Sabzevar Prison on December 27
On drug-related charges
DECEMBER 26, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Moradi executed in Diezelabad
No other information
DECEMBER 26, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Imani executed in Ardabil Prison on December 26
For murder
DECEMBER 21, 2021JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: THREE PRISONERS EXECUTED IN FIRST HANGINGS SINCE 2019
Japan hanged three prisoners on 21 December 2021, its first executions in two years, with the government saying it was necessary to maintain capital punishment in the face of continued "atrocious crimes".
DECEMBER 21, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: MORE THAN 90 SENTENCED TO DEATH BY MILITARY COURTS
More than 90 people have been sentenced to death by military courts in Myanmar’s Yangon region since the country’s army overthrew civilian rule in a Feb. 1 coup, according to reports in Myanmar’s junta-controlled media.
DECEMBER 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ardavan Falahvand and Hossein Mirakarami executed in Khorramabad on December 21
At least 360 executions il 2021
- DECEMBER 20, 2021United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY ABU DHABI COURT
The Criminal Court of Abu Dhabi has sentenced a Pakistani expatriate to death for possessing narcotic and psychotropic substances with the intention of promoting them, Gulf News reported on 20 December 2021.