2021

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

For murder

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.

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.

JAPAN: DEATH ROW INMATES SUE OVER SAME-DAY EXECUTIONS

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

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.

IRAN - Couple sentenced to death for adultery

It is unclear whether it is a homosexual couple

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 - 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