2022

IRAN - Stories of 5 men sentenced to death for alleged crimes linked to anti-regime protests

Hamid Ghare-Hasanlou, Mohammad Mehdi Karami, Hossein Mohammadi, Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini, Reza Arya.

IRAN - Italian PM Meloni Says Repression Of Protesters In Iran ‘Unbearable’

IRAN - Iranian author sentenced to death

For urging peace in Israel TV interview

IRAN - Iran summons Italian ambassador over protests solidarity

PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING TRANSGENDER PERSON IN CHARSADDA

A district and sessions judge in Charsadda on 23 December 2022 convicted a man for killing a transgender person last year and awarded him death sentence with a fine of Rs1 million.

IRAN – Italy. Italy urges Iran to stop executions and open dialogue with protesters

DR CONGO: MILITARY COURT UPHOLDS NINE DEATH SENTENCES

Eight soldiers and one civilian in the Democratic Republic of Congo's war-torn northeast have had death sentences for murder and embezzlement confirmed, court documents showed on 27 December 2022.

IRAN - Hamidreza and Mohsen Nejati executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on December 28

GUYANA: COURT OF APPEAL REFUSES TO DECLARE THE DEATH PENALTY UNCONSTITUTIONAL

The Court of Appeal in Guyana on 22 December 2022 overturned three death sentences and replaced them with life sentences but declined to strike down the death penalty as unconstitutional.

IRAN - Davoud Rahmatali executed in Shiraz on December 28

645 executions since the beginning of the year

IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Karaj on December 28

IRAN - Davoud Yousefi and Ebrahim Ajali executed in Karaj on December 28

JORDAN: COURT RULES EXECUTION BY HANGING FOR MAN WHO KILLED ANOTHER IN 2005

The Grand Criminal Court issued on 26 December 2022 a death sentence by hanging against a man who killed his friend 17 years ago in Aqaba.

VIETNAM: HANOI WOMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

The People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City has sentenced a woman from Hanoi to death for trafficking 9.9 kilograms of heroin.

IRAN - At Least 100 Protesters Facing Execution or Death Sentences

476 people killed, including 64 minors and 34 women

IRAN - Keyhan Shakerpahani executed in Kashan on November 26

ZAMBIA ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY

Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema on 23 December 2022 assented to Penal Code (Amendment) Bill 2022, abolishing the law of the death penalty in Zambia.

CHINA: FORMER MAYOR RECEIVES SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR CORRUPTION

A former mayor of Hegang, a city in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on 23 December 2022 for multiple crimes involving corruption, according to a local court.

IRAN - Iranian Chess Grandmaster Sara Khadem Competes In International Tournament Without Hijab

Arouses the admiration of the Italian Prime Minister Meloni

IRAN - Hamed Ebrahimi executed in Isfahan on December 26

IRAN - One of the 2 death sentences of Shakir Behrouz was reversed

A Kurdish political prisoner

IRAN - Yousef Mirzavand executed in Dezful on December 26

Mirzavand was 16 years old at the time arrest

IRAN - Soha Etebari, 12, killed by the armed forces of the regime on December 25

IRAN - Hardliner Clerics Demand More Executions, Amputations

IRAN - Elias Raisi and Ayoub Rigi executed in Zahedan on December 24

IRAN - Mohammad Ghobadlou appeal against the death sentence rejected

IRAN - Nizamuddin Burhanzahi executed in Iranshahr on December 23

MALAYSIA MAY ABOLISH MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY IN FEBRUARY, MINISTER SAYS

Mulling a review of the criminal justice system in the country, Malaysia may do away with the mandatory death penalty in the coming months, a minister said on 21 December 2022.

IRAN - Abdullah Shahozahi executed in Shiraz on December 21