2021

IRAN - Four men executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on December 15

Hamed Mousavi, Kourosh Mazaheri, Mahmood Mohmoodi, and Davoud ...

IRAN - Mohammad Khodai (Khodayi) executed in Ardabil on December 15

For murdering wife

BANGLADESH: 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.

MALAYSIA: 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.

IRAN - Ali Nahtani executed in Ghayen Prison on December 14

For drug-related crimes

CONTINUE TO BE HOPE AGAINST ALL HOPE

The IX Congress of Hands Off Cain is convened in the Opera prison in Milan, on 17 and 18 December 2021.

IRAN - Massoumeh Zare’i executed in Amol prison on 14 December

128th woman since 2013

SRI 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.

IRAQ: 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.

USA - Florida. Cristian Cruz re-sentenced to death.

BANGLADESH: SATKHIRA MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE

A Satkhira court on 12 December 2021 awarded the death penalty to a man for murdering his wife eleven years ago.

SRI LANKA: KALUTARA HIGH COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE TO FIVE PERSONS

The Kalutara High Court on 13 December 2021 sentenced five persons to death.

EGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STREET BEHEADING

An Egyptian court on 9 December 2021 sentenced a man to death on charges of slaughtering another on the street and parading his head before he was overpowered in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, local media reported.

INDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF CONVICT WHO KILLED 2 SIBLINGS, NEPHEW

The Supreme Court of India on 10 December 2021 commuted the death sentence of a convict for the murder of his two siblings and nephew over a property dispute, stating that the court should take into account the criminal's state of mind along with the crim

IRAN - Mohammad Tazehkar executed in Meshgin Shahr Prison on December 12

For murder

IRAN - Abdolsalam Barahooi executed in Isfahan Prison on December 12

For drugs

IRAN - Bakhtiar Sarmadi and Hossein Heydarzadeh executed in Adel-Abad on December 12

For murder

IRAN - Hashem Amiri executed in Gorgan Prison on December 12

For murder

IRAN - Sivan Hosseini executed in Sanandaj on December 11

For murder

USA - Florida. Paul Durousseau Re-Sentenced to Life in Prison

BANGLADESH: 20 STUDENTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER

Bangladesh sentenced 20 university students to death on 8 December 2021 for the brutal 2019 murder of a young man who criticised the government on social media.

BANGLADESH: RAJSHAHI COURT SENTENCES 9 TO DEATH, 22 TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR MURDER OF CHHATRA LEAGUE LEADER

A Rajshahi court has sentenced nine people, including a former Rajshahi city councillor, to death and 22 others to life in prison for the murder of Chhatra League leader and apprentice lawyer Shahin Alam aka Shahin Shah.

USA - Oklahoma. Bigler Stouffer executed on December 9, 2021

The 11th inmate executed this year in the US

IRAN - Three (unidentified) women hanged in Kerman on December 9

The number of women executed in Iran since 2013 reaches 127.

IRAN - Ibrahim Sistani executed in Kerman Central Prison on December 9

Iran has executed more than 60 Baloch since the beginning of 2021

INDIA: CONVICT GETS DEATH PENALTY IN GUJARAT FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF TODDLER

Surat special court for Protection of Children for Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act awarded death penalty on 7 December 2021 to the convict Guddu Yadav (35) for rape and murder of a two-year-old minor girl in Pandesara area, in the indian State of Gujarat.

MALAYSIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING NEIGHBOUR

The High Court in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, on 7 December 2021 sentenced a man to death by hanging for killing his neighbour five years ago.

NIGERIA: MAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR ROBBING, KILLING HIS OWN BROTHER

An Ado Ekiti High Court on 6 December 2021 sentenced 24-year-old Ebenezer Olorunleke to death by hanging for killing his own brother.

SINGAPORE: APEX COURT DISMISSES APPEAL BY MALAYSIAN DRUG MULE

Malaysian drug mule Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, 34, who was granted a stay of execution two years ago in Singapore, failed in his appeal on 26 November 2021 to start a court challenge against his death sentence.

EGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING HIS WIFE, SIX CHILDREN

An Egyptian criminal court sentenced a man to death on 6 December 2021 for slaying his wife and six children at their home in a village in Fayoum governorate, southwest of Cairo, in May over accumulated debts.