2021

IRAN - Ahmad Tavakoli executed in Shiraz Prison on December 6

At least 110 prisoners executed on drug charges in Iranian prisons in 2021

IRAN - Mohmmadreza Mazkouhi executed in Zanjan on December 6

For drugs

IRAN - November 2019 Protester Abbas Daris Sentenced to Death

And Brother Mohsen to Life Imprisonment

INDIA: MAN ESCAPES GALLOWS IN SODOMY OF BOY WHO LATER DIED

The Madras high court on 3 December 2021 commuted the death sentence awarded to a man to 30 years of imprisonment in a case where the man had sexually assaulted and caused the death of a 17-year-old mentally challenged boy in Pudukottai district in 2019.

SAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI, EGYPTIAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER

Saudi authorities on 2 December 2021 executed two expatriates – a Pakistani and an Egyptian—convicted of fatally stabbing two compatriots in two different cases, the Interior Ministry said.

NIGERIA: EVANS THE KIDNAPPER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING

Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans the kidnapper, was reportedly sentenced to death by hanging by a Lagos High Court on 25 November 2021.

BANGLADESH: 13 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING SIX STUDENTS AT AMINBAZAR

A Dhaka court on 2 December 2021 awarded death sentence to 13 people and life imprisonment to 19 others on charges of killing six students at Aminbazar on the outskirts of capital Dhaka 10 years ago.

SINGAPORE: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF TWO INDIAN-ORIGIN MEN CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING

Singapore’s highest court on 26 November 2021 upheld the death sentence of two Indian-origin men, who had been convicted of conspiring to traffic at least 1.34 kg of cannabis in March 2016, The Straits Times reported.

NIGERIA: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING UNCLE OVER FATHER’S PROPERTY IN AKWA IBOM

Two men, Joseph Etim and Christopher Macaulay on 24 November 2021 were sentenced to death by hanging for killing their uncle, Imo Edet, over landed property in Akwa Ibom.

PAKISTAN: KP CABINET OKAYS DEATH PENALTY FOR CHILD ABUSERS

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet on 30 November 2021 approved the capital punishment for child abusers, which would be implemented after approval by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.

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.

SUDAN: 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.

USA - Alabama. Micheal Dale Iervolino sentenced to death

IRAQ: 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.

USA - Alabama. Donnie Abernathy sentenced to death

IRAN - Ebrahim Narouyi executed in Mashhad on November 28

For drugs

BANGLADESH: 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.

EGYPT: 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.

LIBYA: 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.

IRAN - Majid Sargolzayi executed in Zahedan on November 27

For drugs

PAKISTAN: 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.

IRAN - A woman, Maryam Khakpour, executed in Isfahan Central Prison on November 25

INDIA: 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.

IRAN - Heidar Ghaljayi executed Kerman Central Prison on November 25

For drugs

IRAN - UN human rights experts condemned the execution of Arman Abdolali

Over 85 juvenile offenders on death row in Iran

IRAN - Abdolsattar Shehbakhsh and Khan Mohmmad Rahmatzehi executed in Kerman on November 25

On drug-related charges

SOMALIA: 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.

IRAN - Juvenile offender Arman Abdolali executed

In Rajai Shahr Prison on November 24

BANGLADESH: 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.