2021

IRAN - Mohammad Safari executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on November 24

For murder

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”.

PAKISTAN: 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.

USA - Tennessee. Judge vacates 2 death sentences of Pervis Payne

IRAN - Unnamed couple executed in Yasuj

For murder

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

YEMEN: 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.

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.

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.

MALAYSIA: 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.

INDIA: 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.

NIGERIA: 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.

VIETNAM: 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.

USA - Oklahoma. Governor Grants Clemency to Julius Jones

USA - Texas. Tyrone Jamaal Williams sentenced to death

IRAN - Shamsedin Ghaljayi executed in Kerman on November 18

For drug-related offences

IRAN - Mostafa Pourahmad and Mojtaba Bagheri executed in Rasht on November 18

Both sentenced for murder

SINGAPORE: 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.

NIGERIA: 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.

USA - Florida. Jury Recommends Death for Tyrone Terell Johnson

IRAN -UN Third Committee resolution censures serious rights abuses in Iran

BANGLADESH: 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.

A 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.

IRAN - Sobhan Molayi executed in Qazvin on November 17

For murder

IRAN - Rahmat Fereydouni executed in Qom on November 17

For murder

SAUDI 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.

TWO 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.

MALAYSIA: 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.

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.