Chronological archive
February 2022
The 91 news items published by Hands Off Cain in February 2022, in chronological order.
IRAN - Morad Salehbeig received 74 lashes prior to being executed in Zanjan on February 28
(also Salehbeyg, Saleh-Beyg)
FEBRUARY 28, 2022RussiaDEATH PENALTYRUSSIA: DMITRY MEDVEDEV CALLS ON RUSSIA TO REINTRODUCE DEATH PENALTY
After the Council of Europe on 25 February 2022 suspended Russia’s rights of representation, the country’s deputy chairman of the Security Council says this is a good opportunity to restore the death penalty for the most severe crimes.
FEBRUARY 28, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Juvenile offender Mohammadreza Hadadi released
(Also Mohammad-Reza Haddadi)
- FEBRUARY 27, 2022IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: BOMBAY HIGH COURT SETS ASIDE DEATH PENALTY IN RAPE AND MURDER CASE; ACQUITS ACCUSED OF MURDER, UPHOLDS RAPE CHARGE
The Bombay High Court on 23 February 2022 quashed the death sentence of a man convicted of killing and raping a girl on the ground that the accusation of murder could not be proven.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: PAKISTANI-AMERICAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BEHEADING GIRLFRIEND
A Pakistan court sentenced the scion of a wealthy industrialist family to death on 24 February 2022, for raping and beheading his girlfriend in a murder that sparked an outcry over the brutalising of women in the deeply patriarchal nation.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Heydar Ghorbani executed in Khorramabad on February 27
- FEBRUARY 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jasem Ghanbari executed in Jiroft on February 27
- FEBRUARY 26, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Execution Postponed After Heart Attack
Hojat Ostad-Asyabi suffered a heart attack at the gallows in Ardabil Prison on February 26
FEBRUARY 25, 2022United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Nominated to U.S. Supreme Court
- FEBRUARY 24, 2022FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. House passed HB 95 that could open more drug dealers to death penalty
- FEBRUARY 24, 2022AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Jury recommends death for Brandon Sykes
- FEBRUARY 24, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - On February 24, Ali Rezaei, 18, sentenced to death, committed suicide
In Lakan Prison, in Rasht
- FEBRUARY 24, 2022IdahoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Idaho. House passes HB 658 granting confidentiality in executions
FEBRUARY 24, 2022TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: HUASHAN MURDERER ESCAPES DEATH PENALTY AFTER SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS LIFE SENTENCE
The legal drama of a man found guilty of raping, killing, and dismembering a woman on the lawn behind Taipei's Huashan 1914 Creative Park in 2018 has finally come to an end, following the Taiwan Supreme Court's decision to uphold a lower court’s life sent
FEBRUARY 24, 2022YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HOUTHI TRIBUNAL
The Specialized Criminal Court in Sanaa, which is controlled by the Houthis, on 22 February 2022 sentenced to death three people, including a school principal, on charges of colluding with the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen and the Yemeni govern
- FEBRUARY 23, 2022SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA REGIME EXECUTED DOZENS OF MEN IN MILITARY PRISON (REPORT)
The Syrian regime has executed dozens of young men from Eastern Ghouta inside the Sednaya Military Prison, Middle East Monitor reported on 22 February 2022, citing a local media group.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 Men Executed for Murder in Rajai Shahr Prison
Hamed Azizi, Mehran Jafari, and 3 unidentified men
- FEBRUARY 23, 2022United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Poll Finds Bipartisan Opposition to Use of the Death Penalty as It is Actually Administered
FEBRUARY 23, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BLASPHEMY CASE
A Pakistani man from the minority Shia community has been sentenced to death by a court in Punjab province for defaming Islam, officials said on 23 February 2022.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2022South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Dakota. Senate passed SB 159 to exempt severe mental illnesses from death penalty
- FEBRUARY 22, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farshad Farzi (Farzin) executed in Ilam on February 22
FEBRUARY 22, 2022KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MAN CONVICTED TO DEATH FOR ROBBING CHINESE BOSS SH30,000
A Kibera court on 22 February 2022 convicted a man to death for attacking his Chinese boss at an apartment in Kilimani and violently stealing his cash and phone.
FEBRUARY 22, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TOSSING FRIEND INTO NILE
A man, convicted of murdering his friend by throwing him into the Nile, was handed down a death sentence in Egypt on 17 February 2022.
FEBRUARY 22, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mousa Zare executed in Isfahan Prison on February 22
The news was reported on March 10 by IHR
FEBRUARY 22, 2022PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Death sentence of Kevin Dowling overturned
- FEBRUARY 21, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: TWO POLICEMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ARMED ROBBERY
Justice Peter Kekemeke of an FCT High Court on 17 February 2022 sentenced two dismissed policemen to death for armed robbery.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified prisoner executed in Mashhad on February 21
- FEBRUARY 21, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 prisoners died of Coronavirus in Karaj Prison, 1 in Ilam
- FEBRUARY 21, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Gh. Executed in Mashhad on February 21
- FEBRUARY 21, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified Man Executed in Kashan Prison on February 21
FEBRUARY 21, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING RMG WORKER IN ASHULIA
A Dhaka court on 16 February 2022 sentenced four people to death in a case filed over for the murder of a garment factory in Ashulia in July 2017.
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FEBRUARY 20, 2022IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 38 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2008 BOMBINGS
A court in India on 18 February 2022 sentenced 38 people to death and ordered life in prison for 11 others over a series of bomb blasts in 2008 that killed dozens in the western city of Ahmedabad.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamed Kheradmand Executed in Zahedan on February 19
FEBRUARY 19, 2022KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: SISTER KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Kuwaiti criminal court sentenced a man to death on charges of murdering his sister in a case that had triggered outrage in the country, Gulf News on 17 February reported, citing local media.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2022OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Governor Issues 3 More Reprieves
Reschedules Executions for 2025
- FEBRUARY 18, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Official Decries EP’s Resolution on Death Penalty in Iran
Kazem Gharibabadi, the secretary-general of Iran’s Human Rights Office
FEBRUARY 17, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: JORDANIAN EXECUTED FOR MURDERING MAN
Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry has announced the execution of Jordanian expatriate man for strangling to death a Saudi man in Jazan, southwest of the Kingdom.
FEBRUARY 17, 2022DEATH PENALTYIRAN: 85 MINORS IN THE DEATH ROW (AS OF NOVEMBER 2021)
UN human rights experts on 25 November 2021 strongly condemned the execution of Arman Abdolali, convicted for an alleged murder committed when he was 17, and demanded that Iran stop sentencing children to death.
FEBRUARY 17, 2022KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: INDIAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Kuwaiti criminal court had sentenced an Indian expatriate to death on charges of dealing in illicit drugs, a local newspaper reported on 16 February 2022.
FEBRUARY 17, 2022OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Gilbert Postelle, 35, White, was executed
FEBRUARY 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - On February 17, European Parliament adopted a resolution in Iran
On the human rights situation
- FEBRUARY 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kazem Yousefi Executed in Isfahan on February 16
- FEBRUARY 16, 2022CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Jury recommended death sentence for Noel Herrera
FEBRUARY 16, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: DEATH SENTENCES, JAIL TERMS FOR KILLERS OF JOURNALIST JAMAL ADEN
A Puntland military court has sentenced two men to death by firing squad and two others to long jail terms for the plotting and subsequent killing of prominent Somali journalist Jamal Farah Aden, Garowe online reported on 14 February 2022.
FEBRUARY 16, 2022United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SHOOTING DEAD 3 FAMILY MEMBERS
A young man was sentenced to death on 16 February 2022 for killing three of his family members in Al Ain (United Arab Emirates) over a dispute involving family inheritance.
FEBRUARY 15, 2022IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: POLICE OFFICER, INFORMANT SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER DEADLY OPERATION
An Iraqi court sentenced to death on 13 February 2022 a police officer and an informant over a deadly operation in December that left 20 people from the same family dead.
FEBRUARY 15, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES A GOVERNMENT SOLDIER IN PUBLIC
Al-Shabaab militants executed a Somali National Army soldier in a public square in Gambole area of Jowhar, the capital of Hir-Shabelle region, Somali Dispatch reported on 12 February 2022.
FEBRUARY 15, 2022United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Department of Justice Rejects Use of Evidence Obtained by Torture in Guantánamo Case
- FEBRUARY 14, 2022NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Federal Court Grants New Trial to Mark Rogers
FEBRUARY 14, 2022IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF FOUR-YEAR-OLD
A POCSO court in Rajasthan has awarded death sentence to a man for raping and killing a four-year-old girl, police officials said in Jaipur on 11 February 2022.
FEBRUARY 14, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR PRE-WEDDING MURDER
An Egyptian court has sentenced a man to death after convicting him of murdering his bride on the eve of their wedding, Gulf News reported on 11 February 2022, citing local media.
FEBRUARY 14, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Juvenile offender Mohammadreza Hadadi’s conviction overturned
19 years on death row
- FEBRUARY 14, 2022OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. David Sneed removed from death row via mental illness law
- FEBRUARY 14, 2022UtahDEATH PENALTY
USA - Utah. Move to repeal Utah’s death penalty fails
- FEBRUARY 13, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: FOUR CHILDREN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER INVOLVEMENT WITH ARMED GROUPS
Save the Children on 11 February 2022 called on Somali authorities to intervene after six teenage boys were sentenced by a military court for involvement with armed groups, with four receiving the death penalty.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mokhtar Valizadeh executed in Shiraz on February 13
- FEBRUARY 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mossayeb Faraji executed in Dizelabad Prison on February 13
FEBRUARY 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mokhtar Valizadeh executed in Shiraz on February 13
FEBRUARY 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Idris Shahbakhsh executed in Zahedan prison on February 13
FEBRUARY 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mosayeb Faraji executed in Dizelabad on February 12
FEBRUARY 10, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO PERSONS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SEX WORKER
A State High Court, Ontisha, Anambra State, on 9 February 2022 sentenced two men to death for killing a sex worker.
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FEBRUARY 10, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF MINOR BOY
A Lahore sessions court has handed down death penalty to a man for raping and killing a three-old-boy in 2017, The Dawn reported on 4 February 2022.
FEBRUARY 10, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javaid Rehman’s new report on human rights situation in Iran
The Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran
FEBRUARY 9, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: NIGER COURT SENTENCES 11 TO DEATH BY HANGING
A Minna High Court has sentenced 11 persons to death by hanging for their involvement in the murder of seven villagers over a land dispute in Lavun Local Government Area of Niger State.
FEBRUARY 9, 2022KentuckyDEATH PENALTYUSA - Kentucky. House advances bill banning death penalty for mentally ill
FEBRUARY 9, 2022United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA -Published "Death Row USA" updated to October 1, 2021
2,455 people on death row
FEBRUARY 8, 2022SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MALAYSIAN WHO DELIVERED BAG OF HEROIN GIVEN DEATH PENALTY, S'POREAN RECIPIENT GETS LIFE TERM
A Malaysian who rode his motorcycle into Singapore to deliver a bag containing more than 900g of a powdery substance was sentenced to death on 4 February 2022 for drug trafficking.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA RELEASES SHIA MINOR AFTER COMMUTING HIS DEATH SENTENCE
Saudi Arabia on 2 February 2022 freed Dawoud Al-Marhoon who had previously been sentenced to death for protesting while he was a minor.
FEBRUARY 7, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TWO BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING THEIR FATHER
Two Egyptian brothers have been sentenced to death for killing their father after learning about him raping their sister (his daughter), Gulf News reported on 5 February 2022 citing local news.
FEBRUARY 7, 2022MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Three locals and a China national were sentenced to death by the Sibu High Court on 4 February 2022 after they were found guilty of two drug trafficking charges.
FEBRUARY 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mirza Rouhifar executed in Aligoudarz Prison on February 7
FEBRUARY 7, 2022VirginiaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Virginia. Senate Judiciary Committee stops bill to reinstate death penalty
FEBRUARY 7, 2022OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Autopsy for John Grant shows fluid in lungs, aspiration on vomit
Executed on October 28
- FEBRUARY 6, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: TWO POLICE OFFICERS SENT TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING EX-ARMY MAJOR
A Bangladeshi court on 31 January 2022 handed down the death penalty to two policemen and life term to seven other officers on charges of killing an ex-army major in a “pre-planned” attack in Cox’s Bazar, a sea-side resort town, in 2020.
FEBRUARY 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Tahmatan and Behzad Tahmatan executed in Ardabil on February 6
- FEBRUARY 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Babak Rezaei wrongly executed in 2018
For murders Behzad Tahmtan received the death penalty for
FEBRUARY 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran Atrocities Tribunal Charges 160 Officials With Crimes Against Humanity
Also known as Aban Tribunal
FEBRUARY 5, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khatoun Hamidi hanged in Qazvin on February 5
FEBRUARY 4, 2022IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. Gerald Pizzuto’s death sentence reduced to life in prison
Ruling with far-reaching implications
- FEBRUARY 3, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES MAN BY FIRING SQUAD FOR ALLEGED SPYING
Al-Shabaab militants have announced the execution of a man who they accused of spying for the Ethiopia National Defense Forces [ENDF] working for AMISOM and the Southwest regional troops, Garowe reported 1 february 2022.
FEBRUARY 3, 2022NigerDEATH PENALTYNIGER: TWO ALGERIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2013 AREVA ATTACK
At the end of December, the Niamey Court of Appeal handed down two death sentences and five acquittals.
FEBRUARY 3, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Najibullah Gorgij executed in Mashhad on February 3
- FEBRUARY 3, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hafizaullah Barahooye executed in Zahedan on February 3
FEBRUARY 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unnamed man "recently" executed in Rajai Shahr Prison
Sentenced for murder based on qassameh testimony
FEBRUARY 2, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER RAPING, MURDERING OWN MOTHER
A man has been sentenced to death after raping and murdering his own mother in Tanta, Egypt, The Filipino Times reported on 31 January 2022.
FEBRUARY 2, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND SENTENCES SIX MILITANTS TO DEATH AND JAIL TERMS FOR SERIAL KILLINGS
A military court in Somalia’s Puntland state has sentenced four men to death and two others to jail terms following a trial that substantiated their links to Al-Shabaab militants, Garowe online reported on 1 February 2022.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2022KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. House panel OKs death penalty ban for mental illnesses
- FEBRUARY 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Shiraz on February 2
- FEBRUARY 1, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: 4 ROBBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN KANO FOR MURDER
Four armed robbery suspects have been sentenced to death by hanging by a Kano High Court presided by Justice Nasiru Saminu, The Sun reported on 30 January 2022.
FEBRUARY 1, 2022IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 488 CONVICTS ON DEATH ROW AT THE END OF 2021
There are about 488 convicts on death row across India at the end of December 2021, the highest since 2004.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - On unspecified date Mohammad Anbarzehi executed in Shiraz
"in February"