Death penalty

IRAN - Susan Rezaiipour hanged in Qazvin on October 27

The 122nd woman executed since 2013

NIGERIA: PASTOR ON DEATH ROW REGAINS FREEDOM AFTER 14 YEARS IN PRISON

The resident pastor of Kirikiri Correctional Centre, Apapa, Lagos, Pastor David, who was sentenced to death has been released.

EGYPT: HISHAM ASHMAWI’S TOP AIDE, 2 OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH

An Egyptian court sentenced on 25 October 2021 terrorist Bahaa Kishk, the right-hand man of Hisham Ashmawy who was executed in Egypt last year, and two fugitives to death over terrorism charges.

PAKISTAN: TWO COPS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN INTEZAR MURDER CASE

An anti-terrorism court in Karachi on 25 October 2021 awarded death sentences to two cops over their role in the murder of a youngster Intezar Ahmed, 19, in Defence Housing Authority (DHA) neighbourhood of the city by an ACLC team.

INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPING AND MURDERING 7-YEAR-OLD GIRL

A special POCSO court on 21 October 2021 awarded capital punishment to a man for murdering a 7-year-old girl after raping her in Nagaur district of Rajasthan.

SYRIA EXECUTES 24 PEOPLE FOR SETTING WILDFIRES, CALLING IT ‘TERRORISM’

Syria has executed 24 people after convicting them on terrorism charges for igniting last year’s devastating wildfires, leaving three people dead and burning thousands of hectares (acres) of forests, the Justice Ministry said on 21 October 2021.

INDIA: NINE GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF 3 MEMBERS OF FAMILY IN RAYAGADA

Nine persons on 21 October 2021 were awarded death sentence in Odisha by the Rayagada district and sessions court for the murder of three members of a family in Kitum village in 2016 on the suspicion of practising witchcraft.

GAMBIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER

One Momodou Korka Jallow on 21 October 2021 was sentenced to death in Gambia by the High Court, presided over by Justice Sainabou W. Cisse after he was convicted of murder.

USA - Alabama. Willie Smith was executed

8th inmate to be put to death in the USA this year

BANGLADESH: POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE

A policeman has been sentenced to death in Bangladesh for killing his wife, Nepalnews reported on 6 October 2021.

USA - Azibo Aquart sentenced to life in prison

Death sentence overturned in 2018

IRAN - Nazarnaz Ghanbarzehi Executed in Zahedan on October 21

For drug crimes

ZIMBABWE: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS EMPLOYEE

A High Court judge on 18 October 2021 sentenced a Hwedza man to death for the murder of his employer in 2015 and throwing the body into Rhodesville Dam.

BANGLADESH: MYMENSINGH MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MOTHER’S MURDER

A Mymensingh court on 11 October 2021 sentenced 50-year-old Md Mustafa to death for the murder of his mother, 70-year-old Mariam Begum.

IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Karaj Prison on October 20

RAN - Brothers Ali-Muhammad and Eslam Muhammadi Executed in Ahvaz on October 19

Their mother died after the execution having a heart stroke

PAKISTAN: THREE CONVICTS IN GANG RAPE AND MURDER CASE SENTENCED TO DEATH TWICE

In the case of gang rape and murder, three convicts were sentenced to death two times and fined Rs. 5 lakh, Pothwar reported on 16 October 2021.

MALAYSIA: MOTHER OF NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG POSSESSION AND DISTRIBUTION

A single mother of nine children was given the mandatory death penalty by the Tawau High Court in Sabah, Malaysia, on 15 October 2021 for drug distribution charges.

SOUTH KOREA: JAPAN-LINKED KOREAN EX DEATH-ROW INMATE ACQUITTED OF SPYING

A former South Korean resident of Japan, who had been convicted as a North Korean spy and sentenced to death in 1983 in South Korea, was acquitted on 19 October 2021 of illegally collecting intelligence, people once close to the now deceased man said.

IRAN - Zakaria Baluch executed in Zahedan Prison on October 19

On drug-related charges

IRAN - Saeed Sadeghi executed in Saravan Prison on October 19

For murder

GAZA: HAMAS SENTENCES 2 TO DEATH, 2 TO HARD LABOR FOR COLLABORATING WITH ISRAEL

Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip on 17 October 2021 sentenced two men to death on allegations that they had collaborated with Israel, according to reports.

JORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SISTER IN NAME OF ‘FAMILY HONOUR’

The Court of Cassation on 17 October 2021 upheld a June Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a man to death after convicting him of murdering his married sister in the Jordan Valley in October 2019.

IRAN - Musa Sheh-bakhsh executed in Zahedan Prison on October 18

At least 293 executions in 2021

AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN ASK OFFICIALS NOT TO CARRY OUT PUBLIC EXECUTIONS UNLESS DIRECTED BY APEX COURT

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has directed local officials to avoid carrying out punishments in public unless the country's top court issues the order for public execution.

CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN WHO SET FIRE ON LIVESTREAMING EX-WIFE

A man was sentenced to death by a court in southwest China on 14 October 2021 for dousing his ex-wife with gasoline and setting her on fire after she refused to get back with him.

INDIA: JHAJJAR MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR HONOUR KILLING

A court in the Indian state of Haryana on 12 October 2021 awarded death sentence to a man for the murder of three members of his sister-in-law’s family for ‘honour’ in 2016 in Kharkhoda of Sonepat.

IRAN - EU Representative Visited Iran Despite Iran’s Brutal Human Rights Abuses

Enrique Mora traveled to Iran on October 14

IRAN - Hamed Jafar-Zadeh, Soheil Hojjat-Far, and Yunes (last name unknown) executed in Zanjan on October 13

For drugs

NIGERIA: KANO MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING WIFE

A Kano State High Court on 12 October 2021 sentenced a man, Aminu Inuwa, to death by hanging for killing his wife Safara’u Mamman.