Chronological archive
November 2021
The 88 news items published by Hands Off Cain in November 2021, in chronological order.
MALAYSIA: BANGLADESHI STUDENT ESCAPES DEATH PENALTY FOR CANNABIS TRAFFICKING
Malaysia on 25 November 2021 set aside the death sentence handed down to a Bangladeshi engineering student for trafficking 3.8 kg of cannabis in 2017 due to an "error" by the trial judge.
NOVEMBER 30, 2021SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DARFUR FOR RAPING 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A court on 28 November 2021 sentenced a young man to death by hanging for raping 8-year-old girl in Nyala, South Darfur.
NOVEMBER 30, 2021AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Micheal Dale Iervolino sentenced to death
NOVEMBER 29, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DEFENDANT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM IN NAJAF
Najaf Criminal Court sentenced a defendant to the capital penalty for charges related to terrorism on 28 November 2021.
NOVEMBER 29, 2021AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Donnie Abernathy sentenced to death
NOVEMBER 28, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Narouyi executed in Mashhad on November 28
For drugs
NOVEMBER 28, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2013 MURDER OF TEEN EASY BIKE DRIVER IN GOPALGANJ
A Gopalganj court on 25 November 2021 sentenced five people to death for the murder of 16-year-old Easy Bike driver Jahidul Islam Babu in 2013.
NOVEMBER 28, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: CASSATION COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR 22 OVER KILLING POLICE OFFICER, CONDUCTING 54 TERROR ATTACKS
Egypt’s Court of Cassation rejected on 25 November 2021 an appeal by defendants of the “Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdes” case and upheld death penalty against 22 convicts in the case.
NOVEMBER 28, 2021LibyaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA: MISURATA’S MILITARY COURT SENTENCING HAFTAR TO DEATH
The permanent court-martial in Misurata sentenced in absentia on 25 November 2021 Khalifa Haftar to death for bombing Misurata Air Defense College in 2019 and causing the killing of one Libyan Army soldier.
NOVEMBER 27, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Majid Sargolzayi executed in Zahedan on November 27
For drugs
NOVEMBER 25, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN RECEIVES DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPING DAUGHTER
A local court in the Hafizabad District of Punjab on 24 November 2021 sentenced a man to capital punishment for raping his own daughter.
NOVEMBER 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Maryam Khakpour, executed in Isfahan Central Prison on November 25
NOVEMBER 25, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MUMBAI'S HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES IN RAPE CASE
Mumbai's High Court on 25 November 2021 commuted the death sentences of three men convicted in a rape case that heightened public outrage over women's safety in India.
NOVEMBER 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Heidar Ghaljayi executed Kerman Central Prison on November 25
For drugs
NOVEMBER 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN human rights experts condemned the execution of Arman Abdolali
Over 85 juvenile offenders on death row in Iran
NOVEMBER 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolsattar Shehbakhsh and Khan Mohmmad Rahmatzehi executed in Kerman on November 25
On drug-related charges
NOVEMBER 24, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT SENTENCES TWO AL-SHABAAB FIGHTERS TO DEATH FOR BOSSASO PRISON ATTACK
A military court in Puntland sentenced two Al-Shabaab members to death on 21 November 2021 for their role in a prison attack in Bossaso in March.
NOVEMBER 24, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Juvenile offender Arman Abdolali executed
In Rajai Shahr Prison on November 24
NOVEMBER 24, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: APEX COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY OF JMB MILITANT SALEHIN
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 23 November 2021 upheld the death penalty of Salauddin Salehin, a dreaded militant from the banned JMB, who was convicted in the killing of Goni Gomez of Jamalpur 17 years ago.
NOVEMBER 24, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Juvenile Offender Arman Abdolali Buried in Tehran
NOVEMBER 24, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Safari executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on November 24
For murder
NOVEMBER 24, 2021North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER STUDENTS CAUGHT WATCHING SQUID GAME
North Korea has sentenced to death a man who smuggled and sold copies of the Netflix series “Squid Game”.
NOVEMBER 23, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY ACQUITTED
A Christian in Pakistan incarcerated for nearly 10 years on a blasphemy conviction was released from prison on 9 November 2021 after a high court acquitted him.
NOVEMBER 23, 2021TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Judge vacates 2 death sentences of Pervis Payne
NOVEMBER 23, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unnamed couple executed in Yasuj
For murder
- NOVEMBER 22, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Over 9700 girls 10-14 married in Iran in spring 2021
In Iran, 100 marriages of children under 15 are registered every 24 hours
NOVEMBER 22, 2021YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: RAY OF HOPE FOR KERALITE NIMISHA PRIYA DEATH ROW
An Appeal Court in Yemen has allowed Keralite Nimisha Priya to employ a translator during the trial proceedings over the case pertaining to the murder of a Yemeni national, Manorama News reported on 22 November 2021.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2021DEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA (USA): GOVERNOR GRANTS CLEMENCY, SPARES JULIUS JONES’ LIFE
Oklahoma’s governor spared the life of Julius Jones on 18 November 2021, just hours before his scheduled execution that had drawn widespread outcry and protests over doubts about his guilt in the slaying of a businessman more than 20 years ago.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2021DEATH PENALTY
MISSISSIPPI (USA): DAVID COX EXECUTED
A Mississippi man who shot his estranged wife to death and sexually assaulted his stepdaughter during an eight-hour 2010 standoff with police was put to death on 17 November 2021, local media reported.
NOVEMBER 21, 2021MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FREED OVER IDENTITY DOUBTS
A storekeeper and a forklift operator escaped the gallows for murder in Malaysia as two prosecution witnesses were unable to identify the assailants, Free Malaysia Today reported on 18 November 2021.
NOVEMBER 18, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: UTTAR PRADESH MAN TO BE HANGED FOR KILLING HIS 3 DAUGHTERS
An alcoholic man in Lalitpur district (Uttar Pradesh), who had killed his three daughters out of five three years ago, was sentenced to death by additional district and sessions judge Nirbhay Prakash on 12 November 2021.
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NOVEMBER 18, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS FATHER IN AKWA IBOM
A 36-year-old man, Victor Obit, on 10 November 2021 was sentenced to death by hanging by the Akwa Ibom State High Court for killing his father.
NOVEMBER 18, 2021VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: TWO EX-CONVICTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Two Vietnamese men on 10 November 2021 were sentenced to death for drug trafficking after they had just finished their previous jail terms.
NOVEMBER 18, 2021OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Governor Grants Clemency to Julius Jones
- NOVEMBER 18, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Tyrone Jamaal Williams sentenced to death
NOVEMBER 18, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shamsedin Ghaljayi executed in Kerman on November 18
For drug-related offences
NOVEMBER 18, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mostafa Pourahmad and Mojtaba Bagheri executed in Rasht on November 18
Both sentenced for murder
NOVEMBER 17, 2021SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: SECOND MALAYSIAN-INDIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A 39-year-old Indian origin Malaysian who was caught with a bag of drugs in 2018 was sentenced to death on 17 November 2021 by a Singapore court for trafficking.
NOVEMBER 17, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER IN EKITI
An Ekiti State high court, sitting in Ado Ekiti, has sentenced one Danjuma Fayomi Femi, 30, and Jamiu Oyediran, 30, to death for conspiracy and murder of one Adeoye Adegoke, the National Daily reported on 12 November 2021.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2021FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Jury Recommends Death for Tyrone Terell Johnson
NOVEMBER 17, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN -UN Third Committee resolution censures serious rights abuses in Iran
NOVEMBER 17, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ONE GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING SISTER IN NARAIL
A Narail court on 15 November 2021 sentenced a man to death for killing his sister in 2019.
NOVEMBER 17, 2021DEATH PENALTYA CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PRISON LIFE INDEX
Prison Insider is appealing for individual donations to support the construction of the Prison Life Index.
NOVEMBER 17, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sobhan Molayi executed in Qazvin on November 17
For murder
NOVEMBER 17, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rahmat Fereydouni executed in Qom on November 17
For murder
NOVEMBER 16, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA RELEASES SECOND MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CHILDHOOD 'CRIMES'
Saudi authorities have released Adbullah al-Zaher, a young man who had been sentenced to death for "crimes" he allegedly committed as a child, human rights activists announced on 14 November 2021.
NOVEMBER 16, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTYTWO UGANDAN SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOMALIA
Two Ugandan People’s Defense Force (UPDF) soldiers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) have been sentenced to death and three others to 39 years in jail for the deaths of civilians.
NOVEMBER 15, 2021MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: FEDERAL COURT ACQUITS NIGERIAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IN 2018
A Nigerian national escaped the gallows after the Federal Court on 11 November 2021 set aside his conviction and death sentence for drug trafficking by the High Court and the Court of Appeal in Kuching, Malaysia.
- NOVEMBER 15, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: FIVE GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR KIDNAPPING, RAPING AND KILLING MINOR
An Egyptian court has sentenced five people to death for kidnapping, raping and killing a 10-year-old girl, local media reported.
NOVEMBER 15, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN EXECUTED FOR BURNING WIFE TO DEATH
Saudi authorities on 11 November 2021 executed a citizen after he was convicted of brutally beating and burning his wife to death.
NOVEMBER 14, 2021TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: HIGH COURT COMMUTES MOTHER'S DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING CHILDREN TO LIFE IN PRISON
Taiwan High Court on 11 November 2021 issued a ruling resentencing a woman facing the death penalty to life in prison for the murders of her two children, citing the perpetrator's depression and remorse.
NOVEMBER 14, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI COURT OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED AS MINOR; RETRIAL TO FOLLOW
A Saudi court overturned a conviction on a death penalty charge for a young man following what rights groups called a "grossly unfair trial" for crimes committed when he was a minor, his family said on 10 November 2021.
NOVEMBER 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Marouf Gholipour executed in Shiraz on November 14
For murder
NOVEMBER 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four men executed in Zahedan on November 13
At least 100 prisoners executed on drug-related charges in Iran in 2021
NOVEMBER 12, 2021OregonDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oregon. Supreme Court overturns death sentence of Dayton Leroy Rogers
A serial killer dubbed "The Molalla Forest Killer"
NOVEMBER 12, 2021AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Judge orders Alabama Heath Lavon McCray taken off death row
NOVEMBER 11, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES BOKO HARAM MEMBER TO DEATH
An Ekiti State High Court on 10 November 2021 sentenced to death by hanging Abdulsalam Adinoyi, a self-confessed member of the terrorist group Boko Haram.
NOVEMBER 11, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SUPREME COURT STATES RAPE, MURDER VICTIMS' AGE INSUFFICIENT FOR DEATH PENALTY
Low age of victims in rape-and-murder cases has not been considered as the "only or sufficient factor by this court" for imposing the death penalty, the Supreme Court said on 10 November 2021.
NOVEMBER 10, 2021Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: HAMAS SENTENCES THREE TO DEATH FOR COLLABORATING WITH ISRAEL, DRUG TRAFFICKING
The Hamas military court in the Gaza Strip sentenced on 8 November 2021 three residents to death, two of them for collaborating with Israeli intelligence and one for drug trafficking.
NOVEMBER 10, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Bahrami executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on November 10
For murder
NOVEMBER 10, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT ISSUES DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER COVER-UP
The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced a woman to death on 8 November 2021 for the cover-up of her husband's murder and assisting the killer in the act.
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- NOVEMBER 9, 2021SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE SUSPENDS DISABLED MALAYSIAN’S EXECUTION AMID PLEAS
Singapore’s High Court on 8 November 2021 suspended the scheduled execution of a Malaysian man believed to be mentally disabled until an appeal is heard, amid pleas from the international community and rights groups.
NOVEMBER 9, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: FARMER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DEFENDING HIMSELF AGAINST HERDSMAN
A High Court sitting in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, on 2 November 2021 sentenced a rice farmer, Kabiru Zelani to death by hanging for stabbing an intruding herder to death.
- NOVEMBER 9, 2021TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Abdur’Rahman sentenced to life
NOVEMBER 8, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, KILLING MINOR IN UP
A district court in Bahraich, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, has sentenced 20-year-old Phoolchand Kanaujia to death after seven months of raping and killing a 12-year-old girl, News Track reported on 7 November 2021.
NOVEMBER 8, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: GILGIT ATC AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO EIGHT MEN FOR NALTAR KILLINGS
The Gilgit-Baltistan anti-terrorism court on 4 November 2021 awarded a death sentence to eight men after convicting them of killing nine people in two Naltar valley sectarian attacks.
NOVEMBER 7, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: EKITI MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBING NEIGHBOUR OF CAR
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti on 2 November 2021 sentenced a 43-year-old man, Taiwo Afolabi, to death by hanging for robbery.
NOVEMBER 7, 2021JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: DEATH ROW INMATES SUE OVER SAME-DAY EXECUTIONS
Two death row inmates in Japan are taking legal action against same-day executions.
NOVEMBER 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yasser Gargij executed in Zahedan Prison on November 6
96, including a woman, executed on drug-related charges in Irani in 2021
NOVEMBER 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Makrandoust executed in Zahedan Prison
For drug-related offences
NOVEMBER 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Couple sentenced to death for adultery
It is unclear whether it is a homosexual couple
- NOVEMBER 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kamran Rezaiefar Sentenced to Death
Charged of “association with The People’s Mujahedin Organization of Iran (MEK)
- NOVEMBER 5, 2021CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Steve Woodruff resentenced to death
- NOVEMBER 4, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed … executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on November 4
For murder
- NOVEMBER 4, 2021KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING HUSBAND
Kuwait’s Court of Appeals on 2 November 2021 upgraded the sentence of a woman, who killed her husband last year, from life in prison to the death penalty after she was convicted of premeditated murder, local media reported.
NOVEMBER 4, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: TWO MILITANTS GET DEATH SENTENCES FOR KILLING TWO JOURNALISTS
Iraq’s Basra Criminal Court sentenced two men to death on 1 and 2 November 2021 for involvement in a death squad that killed multiple Iraqi journalists and activists.
NOVEMBER 4, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadali Alizadeh executed in Zahedan on 4 November 2021
The news was reported by IHR on January 2, 2022
NOVEMBER 3, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR ATTEMPT TO KILL SECURITY FORCES
Saudi Arabia on 1st November 2021 executed a man convicted of trying to shoot dead security forces and weapons charges, with alleged links to figures accused of terrorist activities, state media reported.
NOVEMBER 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Juvenile offender Arman Abdolali’s execution postponed for the fifth time
He is still at imminent risk of execution
NOVEMBER 3, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING PROTESTOR
Two men accused of killing an Iraqi protestor during nationwide demonstrations that broke out in late 2019 were handed a death sentence by a court in Basra province, state media reported on 2 November 2021.
NOVEMBER 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdullah … executed in Mashhad Prison on November 3
For murder
NOVEMBER 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Manouchehr Kazemi-Varmaleh executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on November 3
For murder
NOVEMBER 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javad Ghaljayi executed in Zahedan Prison on November 3
For murder
NOVEMBER 2, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE IN KHULNA
A court in Khulna on 31 October 2021 sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in 2020.
- NOVEMBER 2, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FOUR SISTERS
A Peshawar court on 30 October 2021 convicted a man and his son for killing four sisters six years ago over a property dispute and sentenced them to death along with the payment of Rs2 million compensation each to the legal heirs of the women.
NOVEMBER 2, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Eghbal-Raisi executed in Shiraz Prison on November 2
For murder
NOVEMBER 2, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2013 GANDHI MAIDAN BLASTS IN PATNA; JAIL FOR 5 OTHERS
Four of the nine men convicted for the 2013 serial blasts at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan were sentenced to death by a Patna court on 1st November 2021.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2021OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Parole Board Again Recommends Commuting Julius Jones’ Death Sentence
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-1