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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 29, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amin Ali-Panahi executed in Shiraz on 29 December 2021
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, 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 27, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified prisoner executed in Rajai Shahr Prison "in recent days"
For murder
DECEMBER 26, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Moradi executed in Diezelabad
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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, 2021TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: SENTENCES RANGING FROM 12 YEARS IN PRISON TO DEATH PENALTY HANDED DOWN IN TERRORISM CASES
The criminal chamber at the judicial counter-terrorism division rendered judgements in several terror cases.
DECEMBER 20, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 2021 Year End Report from the Death Penalty Information Center
11 executions and 18 new death sentences in 1 year
DECEMBER 20, 2021United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: 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.
DECEMBER 20, 2021FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury sentences Markeith Loyd to death
- DECEMBER 19, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fatemeh Aslani executed in Isfahan Central Prison on December 19
129th execution of a woman since 2013
DECEMBER 19, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three men executed on drug-related charges in Shiraz Prison on December 19
Hamed Darvish, Naeim Shehbakhsh and Abdolkhalegh Salarzehi
DECEMBER 19, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Heydar Ghorbani executed in Sanandaj on December 19.
Kurdish political prisoner
DECEMBER 19, 2021KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: ETHIOPIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING INDIAN MAN
The Criminal Department of the High Court of Kuwait, headed by Counselor Abdullah Al-Othman, sentenced to
DECEMBER 18, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Shahriari executed in Shiraz Prison
On charges of moharebeh
DECEMBER 18, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 2021 Gallup Poll: Public Support for Capital Punishment Remains at Half-Century Low
DECEMBER 16, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Taxila court on 13 December 2021 sentenced a man to death for murdering a former councillor during a reconciliation meeting in Mohallah Warrian in Taxila police area in August 2019.
DECEMBER 16, 2021North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: AT LEAST 7 PEOPLE REPORTEDLY PUBLICLY EXECUTED FOR WATCHING K-POP
A new report from a human rights group has found North Korea has publicly executed at least seven people for watching or distributing K-pop videos in the last decade.
DECEMBER 15, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 8 GET DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER OF SOLDIER IN JHENAIDAH
A Khulna tribunal on 15 december 2021 sentenced eight people to death for the murder of a soldier in Jhenaidah.
DECEMBER 15, 2021MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: 4 NIGERIANS CHARGED WITH DRUG TRAFFICKING SPARED THE GALLOWS
Four Nigerians, including two former students, on 13 December 2021 escaped the gallows in two separate appeals before the Court of Appeal for drug trafficking.
- DECEMBER 15, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Khodai (Khodayi) executed in Ardabil on December 15
For murdering wife
DECEMBER 15, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four men executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on December 15
Hamed Mousavi, Kourosh Mazaheri, Mahmood Mohmoodi, and Davoud ...
DECEMBER 14, 2021Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: CABINET NOD TO AMEND CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ON DEATH SENTENCE FOR MINORS
Sri Lanka’s cabinet has approved a proposal to amend Section 281 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to remove any uncertainty over not pronouncing the death sentence on any minor.
DECEMBER 14, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: THREE HANGED ON ‘TERRORISM’ CHARGES
Iraq on 14 December 2021 hanged three men convicted of “terrorism” offenses in a prison in the city of Nasiriyah in the mainly Shiite Muslim south, two security sources told AFP.