Archive timeline
2021
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2021, month by month, with the countries most present that year.

Latest news of 2021
DECEMBER 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Akbar Mohammadi executed in Neyshabour Prison on December 6
Maybe 18 at the time of crime
DECEMBER 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Tavakoli executed in Shiraz Prison on December 6
At least 110 prisoners executed on drug charges in Iranian prisons in 2021
DECEMBER 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohmmadreza Mazkouhi executed in Zanjan on December 6
For drugs
- DECEMBER 5, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
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.
- DECEMBER 5, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
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.
DECEMBER 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - November 2019 Protester Abbas Daris Sentenced to Death
And Brother Mohsen to Life Imprisonment
DECEMBER 2, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 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.
DECEMBER 2, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 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.
DECEMBER 1, 2021SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: 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.
DECEMBER 1, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 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.
DECEMBER 1, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 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.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2021AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Micheal Dale Iervolino sentenced to death
NOVEMBER 30, 2021MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: 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 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, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
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.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTY
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.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2021LibyaDEATH PENALTY
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.
NOVEMBER 28, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Narouyi executed in Mashhad on November 28
For drugs
- NOVEMBER 27, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Majid Sargolzayi executed in Zahedan on November 27
For drugs
- NOVEMBER 25, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdolsattar Shehbakhsh and Khan Mohmmad Rahmatzehi executed in Kerman on November 25
On drug-related charges
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 24, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Safari executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on November 24
For murder
- NOVEMBER 24, 2021North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH 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 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.
