Chronological archive
October 2021
The 78 news items published by Hands Off Cain in October 2021, in chronological order.
CHINA: HONGKONGER WITH HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS EXECUTED OVER DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Hong Kong man who suffered from hallucinations and other mental health problems has been executed in mainland China where he was sentenced to death in 2017 for drug trafficking.
OCTOBER 30, 2021Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: HAMAS SENTENCES SIX ISRAELI 'INFORMANTS' TO DEATH
The Islamist movement Hamas that rules the Gaza Strip announced on 28 October 2021 it had sentenced six Palestinian "informants" to death for collaborating with Israel.
OCTOBER 28, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Published the latest edition of Death Row Usa
Updated to April 1, 2021
OCTOBER 28, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCES TO TWO IN A MINOR RAPE, MURDER CASE
A district and sessions court in Rawalpindi on 26 October 2021 awarded death sentences to two persons for raping and murdering a minor girl.
OCTOBER 28, 2021OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. John Grant executed
He convulsed and vomited during execution
OCTOBER 28, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: ALI AL-NIMR RELEASED FROM PRISON AFTER NEARLY A DECADE
A young Saudi man was released from prison on 27 October 2021 after spending nearly a decade behind bars in a case that drew international scrutiny because until recently he’d been facing a possible death sentence for protest-related crimes committed as a
- OCTOBER 27, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FIVE GET DEATH IN BUSINESSMAN MURDER CASE
A court in Gopalganj on 26 October 2021 convicted five people and sentenced them to death in a businessman murder case.
OCTOBER 27, 2021MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TWO MEN SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A boat operator and a labourer were sentenced to death by the Tawau High Court, Malaysia, on 26 October 2021 for trafficking 327.1gm of methamphetamine which was stored in formula milk boxes two years ago.
OCTOBER 27, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COUPLE AWARDED FOUR DEATH SENTENCES FOR KILLING FAMILY MEMBERS IN TAMIL NADU
A special court near Chennai on 26 October 2021 convicted and sentenced a couple to four death sentences, double lifer and imposed a fine of Rs six lakh for killing their family members in 2019.
- OCTOBER 27, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced William George Davis to death
OCTOBER 27, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Susan Rezaiipour hanged in Qazvin on October 27
The 122nd woman executed since 2013
OCTOBER 26, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 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.
OCTOBER 26, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 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.
OCTOBER 25, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 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.
OCTOBER 25, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 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.
- OCTOBER 23, 2021SyriaDEATH PENALTY
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.
- OCTOBER 23, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
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.
- OCTOBER 21, 2021GambiaDEATH PENALTY
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.
OCTOBER 21, 2021AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Willie Smith was executed
8th inmate to be put to death in the USA this year
OCTOBER 21, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 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.
OCTOBER 21, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Azibo Aquart sentenced to life in prison
Death sentence overturned in 2018
OCTOBER 21, 2021IndiaDEATH BY PUNISHMENTINDIA: DEATH ROW TAKES HUGE MENTAL TOLL ON PRISONERS, REVEALS REPORT
The long incarceration and time spent agonising over the death penalty takes a heavy toll on prisoners who suffer from psychiatric illnesses and intellectual disability, according to a new study conducted in India.
OCTOBER 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nazarnaz Ghanbarzehi Executed in Zahedan on October 21
For drug crimes
OCTOBER 20, 2021ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: 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.
- OCTOBER 20, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
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.
OCTOBER 20, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Karaj Prison on October 20
- OCTOBER 19, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
RAN - Brothers Ali-Muhammad and Eslam Muhammadi Executed in Ahvaz on October 19
Their mother died after the execution having a heart stroke
OCTOBER 19, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 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.
OCTOBER 19, 2021MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: 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.
OCTOBER 19, 2021South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH 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.
OCTOBER 19, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zakaria Baluch executed in Zahedan Prison on October 19
On drug-related charges
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OCTOBER 19, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Sadeghi executed in Saravan Prison on October 19
For murder
OCTOBER 18, 2021Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: 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.
OCTOBER 18, 2021JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: 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.
OCTOBER 18, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Musa Sheh-bakhsh executed in Zahedan Prison on October 18
At least 293 executions in 2021
- OCTOBER 17, 2021AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
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.
OCTOBER 14, 2021ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 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.
OCTOBER 14, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 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.
OCTOBER 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - EU Representative Visited Iran Despite Iran’s Brutal Human Rights Abuses
Enrique Mora traveled to Iran on October 14
- OCTOBER 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamed Jafar-Zadeh, Soheil Hojjat-Far, and Yunes (last name unknown) executed in Zanjan on October 13
For drugs
- OCTOBER 13, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
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.
OCTOBER 13, 2021SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN TO BE HANGED FOR BRINGING 1 KILOGRAM OF CANNABIS
Singapore's highest court on 12 October 2021 denied an appeal against a man's conviction and death sentence for allegedly smuggling cannabis weighing at least 1kg into the city-state from neighbouring Malaysia.
OCTOBER 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Omar Amrolelahi and Unknown Man Executed in Qom on October 13
For murder
- OCTOBER 12, 2021YemenDEATH PENALTY
EU CALLS ON HOUTHIS' TO REVOKE DEATH SENTENCES AGAINST JOURNALISTS
The European Union on 10 October 2021 called for death sentences issued against Yemeni journalists and activists to be revoked.
- OCTOBER 12, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BEHEADING MOM
A court in Pudukottai, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, on 1st October 2021 sentenced a man to death for beheading his mother over a family dispute.
OCTOBER 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Urgent: Juvenile Offender Arman Abdolali Scheduled to be Executed in 24 Hours
OCTOBER 12, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF COLLEGE STUDENT
A court in Bangladesh on 12 October 2021 sentenced five people to death and acquitted nine others in a case filed for killing of college student Raju Ahmmed in Rajshahi.
OCTOBER 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Amiri, Hossein Shamsi, Ali Mokhtari and Yavar Dehzadeh Executed in Isfahan on October 12
On drug-related charges
- OCTOBER 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yousef Seifali executed in Isfahan Prison on October 12
301 executions since the beginning of the year
- OCTOBER 11, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: DAESH'S 'SHARIA JUDGE' SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Iraqi court on 21 June 2021 handed a death sentence to Daesh's "Sharia judge" after convicting him of killing 5 security forces in the country.
- OCTOBER 11, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING 2 WOMEN IN KOGI
A High Court in Lokoja, Kogi State, on 29 September 2021 sentenced a middle-aged man, Danladi Ichado to death by hanging for stabbing two women to death.
- OCTOBER 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Manouchehr Kazemi executed in Karaj on October 11
For murder
OCTOBER 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Omid Sarani executed in Birjand Prison on October 11
282 executions in 2021
- OCTOBER 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ebrahim Rakhshani executed in Ghaen on October 11
On drug-related charges
OCTOBER 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Latifi and Unknown Man Executed in Kermanshah on October 11
- OCTOBER 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Esmail Ghassabi-Sini executed in Isfahan on October 10
No further details
OCTOBER 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four men executed in Shiraz Central Prison in September
Meysam Atefifard, Hadi Razi, Rasoul Akrami and Omid Keshtkar
- OCTOBER 9, 2021Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
SIERRA LEONE FORMALLY ABOLISHES ‘INHUMANE’ DEATH PENALTY
Sierra Leone on 8 October 2021 formally abolished the death penalty, becoming the 23rd African country to repeal capital punishment.
- OCTOBER 9, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN GETS DEATH OVER 2017 COCAINE HAUL IN KHULNA
A Khulna court on 8 October 2021 awarded the death penalty unto a man in a 2017 narcotics case filed over the recovery of contraband cocaine worth around Tk22 crore.
OCTOBER 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Women and the Death Penalty in Iran
A 12 Year Analysis
- OCTOBER 7, 2021DEATH PENALTY
GLOBAL - More than 150 global business leaders call for end of death penalty
Campaign launched by Sir Richard Branson
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OCTOBER 7, 2021United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: FIVE MEN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF BUSINESSMAN IN AJMAN
The Ajman Criminal Court on 4 October 2021 sentenced five Asians to death for the premeditated murder of an Asian businessman and for stealing Dh109,000 from his apartment in Ajman.
OCTOBER 7, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB PUBLICLY EXECUTES TWO IN JAMAME
Al-Shabaab militants executed two men in a public square on 5 October 2021 in the Lower Jubba's Jamame district, accusing one of the men of being a sorcerer and the other a Somali government soldier.
OCTOBER 7, 2021OregonDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oregon. David Ray Bartol’s Death Sentence Overturned
Decision Could Clear the State’s Entire Death Row
- OCTOBER 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mojtaba Shaker Executed in Yazd on 6 October 2021
The news was reported by IHR on February 21, 2022
OCTOBER 6, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: GOVERNOR AKEREDOLU PARDONS 18 CONVICTED INMATES IN ONDO
The Ondo state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has granted state pardons to 18 convicts in celebration of Nigeria’s 61st independence anniversary.
OCTOBER 6, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: RAPE, MURDER CONVICTS EXECUTED AT JESSORE CENTRAL JAIL
Two death-row convicts in a case filed for killing two women after raping them in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga district were executed on 4 October 2001 night.
OCTOBER 6, 2021OregonDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oregon. New trial for Jesse Lee Johnson
Who has been on death row since 2004
- OCTOBER 5, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN CHURCH HOSTS CAMPAIGN AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
The Saviour’s Church in Lahore played host to a street play highlighting the plight of families of death row prisoners, kick-starting the awareness campaign for the World Day Against the Death Penalty observed every Oct. 10.
OCTOBER 5, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MIZAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR CTG COURT BOMBING
Chattogram Anti-Terrorism Tribunal on 3 October 2021 awarded death sentence to Zahidul Islam Mizan alias "Boma Mizan" in a case filed over killing two people in a suicide bombing on a police check-post on the premises of a Chattogram court in 2005.
OCTOBER 5, 2021MissouriDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. Ernest Johnson executed
Despite pleas for clemency for intellectual disability
- OCTOBER 4, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: UP MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR THE RAPE AND MURDER OF HIS 5-MONTH-OLD NIECE
A man in Lucknow, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, on 29 September 2021 was sentenced to death by the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court for the rape and murder of his five-month-and-thirteen-days-old niece.
OCTOBER 4, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 3 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Egyptian court on 28 September 2021 sentenced three members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death and nine to life in prison over killing a policeman and a civilian, state-run MENA news agency reported.
- OCTOBER 3, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TWO RAPISTS GET LIFE AS BOMBAY HC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY
Two convicts who were handed out death penalty for raping a minor girl got life in jail, without remission, on 7 September 2021 as the Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court rejected their appeals but commuted the capital punishment to life term.
- OCTOBER 3, 2021ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER PRESTIGIOUS COLLEGE ALUMNI SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BRUTALLY KILLING HIS MOTHER
A young man who murdered his mother in 2015, a high-profile case as he was a student at the prestigious Peking University, was sentenced to death by a court in Fuzhou, East China's Fujian Province, on 26 August 2021.
OCTOBER 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Father and son executed in Yazd Prison on October 3
Hossein and Ramin Dadzadeh
OCTOBER 2, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Hedayati executed in Amol Prison on October 2
For murder
- OCTOBER 1, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 inmates executed in Adelabad Prison in Shiraz on October 1
At least 277 executions in Iran so far in 2021