2021

TAIWAN: 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.

SAUDI 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.

IRAN - Marouf Gholipour executed in Shiraz on November 14

For murder

IRAN - Four men executed in Zahedan on November 13

At least 100 prisoners executed on drug-related charges in Iran in 2021

USA - Oregon. Supreme Court overturns death sentence of Dayton Leroy Rogers

A serial killer dubbed "The Molalla Forest Killer"

USA - Alabama. Judge orders Alabama Heath Lavon McCray taken off death row

NIGERIA: 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.

INDIA: 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.

GAZA: 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.

IRAN - Ahmad Bahrami executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on November 10

For murder

EGYPT: 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.

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.

NIGERIA: 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.

USA - Tennessee. Abdur’Rahman sentenced to life

INDIA: 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.

PAKISTAN: 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.

NIGERIA: 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.

JAPAN: DEATH ROW INMATES SUE OVER SAME-DAY EXECUTIONS

Two death row inmates in Japan are taking legal action against same-day executions.

IRAN - Yasser Gargij executed in Zahedan Prison on November 6

96, including a woman, executed on drug-related charges in Irani in 2021

IRAN - Ahmad Makrandoust executed in Zahedan Prison

For drug-related offences

IRAN - Couple sentenced to death for adultery

It is unclear whether it is a homosexual couple

IRAN - Kamran Rezaiefar Sentenced to Death

Charged of “association with The People’s Mujahedin Organization of Iran (MEK)

USA - California. Steve Woodruff resentenced to death

IRAN - Saeed … executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on November 4

For murder

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.

IRAQ: 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.

IRAN - Mohammadali Alizadeh executed in Zahedan on 4 November 2021

The news was reported by IHR on January 2, 2022

SAUDI 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.

IRAN - Juvenile offender Arman Abdolali’s execution postponed for the fifth time

He is still at imminent risk of execution