Chronological archive
June 2022
The 91 news items published by Hands Off Cain in June 2022, in chronological order.
EGYPT: COURT SENTENCES 10 PEOPLE TO DEATH IN THE HELWAN BRIGADES CASE
A court in Cairo on 28 June 2022 sentenced 10 people to death and 56 others to life imprisonment in a mass trial of the case against the Helwan Brigades, whose members have been accused of committing violent acts in Egypt.
JUNE 30, 2022United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in
First Black Woman to Serve as a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
- JUNE 30, 2022CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Michael Bramit’s death sentence overturned
JUNE 30, 2022United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE COURT REVERSES DEATH PENALTY FOR ISRAELI FACING DRUG CHARGES
The United Arab Emirates has cancelled a death sentence issued earlier this year to an Israeli woman who was convicted of cocaine possession, her lawyer said on 28 June 2022.
- JUNE 29, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 10 inmates executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on June 29
Iman Safari-rad, Mehdi Khlagaldi and 8 yet not identified
JUNE 28, 2022IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH PENALTY TO YOUTH FOR RAPE AND MURDER
A court in East Burdwan’s Katwa on 24 June 2022 handed the death penalty to a youth for the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in 2018.
JUNE 28, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR ARMED ROBBERY, MURDER IN EKITI
An Ado-Ekiti High Court has sentenced four men, Babangida Amodu, 25, Oluwafemi Ibrahim, 20, Ojo Ayodele, 25, and Okunato Dada, 20, convicted of armed robbery and murder, to die by hanging, the Eagle Online reported on June 27, 2022.
JUNE 27, 2022UzbekistanDEATH PENALTYUZBEKISTAN: THE DRAFT OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION PROPOSED TO BAN THE DEATH PENALTY
Uzbekistan has proposed to ban the death penalty. The corresponding item was included in the draft law on amendments and additions to the constitution of the republic, published in the parliamentary newspaper Narodnoye Slovo on 25 June 2022.
JUNE 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nasrollah Iliad and an identified man executed in Karaj on June 27
JUNE 27, 2022FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. David Frances resentenced to life in prison
At retrial
JUNE 27, 2022United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Biden must take action on promise to end federal death penalty
JUNE 27, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA FREES YOUNGEST PRISONER WHO FACED EXECUTION
Saudi authorities have released Murtaja Qureiris, who was once considered to be the kingdom's youngest political prisoner, a human rights group confirmed on 24 June 2022.
JUNE 27, 2022JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN HAS 239 PEOPLE ON DEATH ROW
A total of 239 are on death row in Jordan, the rapporteur of the Parliamentary Legal Committee Ghazi Al-Thneibat announced on 26 June 2022.
JUNE 26, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Sanjari executed in Jiroft on June 26
JUNE 26, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 6 JMB MEMBERS GET DEATH FOR KILLING FF
A Kurigram District and Sessions Judge Court on 23 June 2022 sentenced six members of banned extremist outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh to death in a case filed over the murder of a freedom fighter.
JUNE 24, 2022OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. DeWine postpones last scheduled 2022 execution
- JUNE 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jilan Nourzehi executed in Kerman on June 23
JUNE 23, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: POLYGAMOUS MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING BOYFRIEND OF ONE OF HIS 3 WIVES
A polygamous man has been sentenced to death, and he is to die by hanging after he was found guilty in Nigeria of the murder of the boyfriend of one of his three wives.
JUNE 23, 2022South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA: COURT HANDS DOWN RARE DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN FOUND GUILTY IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
A South Korea district court imposed a rare death sentence on a 53-year-old man on 23 June 2022 after he was found guilty of killing a woman for money in December last year, and then also murdering an accomplice.
JUNE 22, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: EDO MAID SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUGGING, KILLING IGBINEDION’S MOTHER
An Edo State High Court on 20 June 2022 sentenced a maid, Dominion Okoro, to death by hanging for killing Madam Maria Igbinedion, the mother of a former Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion.
JUNE 22, 2022MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: COUPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR GANJA TRAFFICKING SPARED GALLOWS
A couple sentenced to death in Malaysia three years ago for trafficking about 5kg of ganja were spared the gallows on 22 June 2022.
- JUNE 21, 2022MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: 1,341 PRISONERS IN LIMBO
The lives of nearly 1,350 death-row inmates are hanging in the balance in the prisons of Malaysia.
JUNE 21, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran’s Human Rights in the UN Secretary-General’s Report
JUNE 21, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran slams UN for 'unjust, biased' human rights report
It is the iranian usual reaction to international criticism
- JUNE 20, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ARMED ROBBERY IN EKITI
Akinleye Seyi a.k.a. Erin has been sentenced to death by hanging for armed robbery by an Ekiti State high court, Lailasnews reported on 16 June 2022.
JUNE 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdulrashid Sahneh executed in Gorgan on June 20
JUNE 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Firuz Musalou secretly executed in Urmia Prison on June 20
JUNE 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdol Latif Moradi executed in Mashhad on June 20
JUNE 20, 2022KenyaDEATH PENALTYNEW RESEARCH EXAMINES KENYAN ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE DEATH PENALTY
A new study, commissioned by The Death Penalty Project, London, in partnership with the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, Nairobi, has revealed that...
JUNE 19, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rasoul Khosravi-Baboli and Gholam Eslami executed in Shiraz on June 19
JUNE 18, 2022KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: GUARD RICHARD MUTAI SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER
A 34-year-old Kenyan night guard has been sentenced to death over the killing of another man following an altercation between them, MaraviPost reported on 14 June 2022.
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- JUNE 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Ali Ranjbar executed in Bandarabbas on June 15
JUNE 16, 2022GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: FETISH PRIEST SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SACRIFICING WIFE AND DAUGHTER TO GODS
A 38-year old Ghanaian fetish priest who killed his wife and daughter and sacrificed them to his idols has been sentenced to death, Pulse reported on 3 June 2022.
JUNE 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Norouzi executed in Rasht on June 16
JUNE 16, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING COP
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) sentenced on 14 June 2022 an accused to death for murdering a police official in the Gulshan-e-Behar neighbourhood in August last year.
JUNE 16, 2022FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Alan Wade resentenced to life without the possibility of parole
He married and had a son on death row
JUNE 16, 2022GeorgiaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Georgia. Ricky Dubose sentenced to death
- JUNE 16, 2022United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Percentage Who View the Death Penalty as Morally Acceptable Remains Near Record Low
Galluo poll
JUNE 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shah Gholam Kanjourian executed in Babol on June 16
JUNE 15, 2022GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA: DEATH PENALTY AMONG SENTENCES FOR MEN WHO MURDERED CORENTYNE FATHER
Justice Sandil Kissoon, on 8 June 2022, sentenced in Guyana five Berbice men for the murder of Corentyne phone card vendor Danian Anthony Jagdeo, who was gunned down during a robbery in 2017.
JUNE 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 8 men executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on June 15
At least 56 people executed in the last two weeks
JUNE 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four more men executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on June 15
Abbas Eskandarzadeh, Amir Jafari, Jamshid Akbari and Avaz Mohammadi
JUNE 15, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED AS MINOR
A Saudi court has upheld a death sentence against teenager Abdullah al-Huwaiti, who was convicted for crimes reportedly committed when he was a minor.
JUNE 14, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: GOV. FINTIRI PARDONS SIX CONVICTS; COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has pardoned six convicts and commuted the death sentence of a condemned inmate to life imprisonment, as part of activities to mark the 2022 Democracy Day.
JUNE 14, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 7 PAKISTANIS SENTENCED TO DEATH COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
The death sentence of seven Pakistanis imprisoned in Egypt has been commuted to life imprisonment, Pipa news reported on 9 June 2022.
JUNE 14, 2022VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, MURDERING 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A man from An Giang Province in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta was sentenced to death for raping a 12-year-old girl before murdering her in order to cover up the crime.
JUNE 14, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Kiani executed in Dieselabad Prison in Kermanshah on June 12
JUNE 14, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Shiraz on June 12
JUNE 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Hijwan executed in Jiroft on June 13
JUNE 13, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING PRIEST IN ALEXANDRIA
An Alexandria Criminal Court sentenced on 11 June 2022 a 60-year-old man to death for murdering Coptic Orthodox priest Arsanios Wadid last month in the Egyptian coastal city.
JUNE 13, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF CHRISTIAN BROTHERS IN BLASPHEMY CASE
A Pakistani high court has upheld the death sentence of two Christian brothers convicted for uploading blasphemous content on social media in 2011.
JUNE 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Vali Mohammad Rigi executed in Zahedan on June 13
JUNE 13, 2022PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Alexander McClay Williams Exonerated 91 Years After Execution
He was 16
JUNE 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four men executed in Zabol Prison on June 11
JUNE 13, 2022MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: GOVT AGREES TO ABOLISH MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY
Malaysia’s government has agreed to abolish the mandatory death penalty and to substitute it with other sentences which are subject to the discretion of the court.
JUNE 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Kiani Dehkiani executed in Kermanshah on June 12
- JUNE 12, 2022United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING GIRLFRIEND
An Asian man was handed a death sentence by the Umm Al Quwain Misdemeanour Court for killing his girlfriend on 1 June 2022.
JUNE 12, 2022UkraineDEATH PENALTYTWO BRITONS, MOROCCAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SEPARATIST-HELD UKRAINE
Two British citizens and a Moroccan were sentenced to death on 9 June 2022 for fighting on Ukraine’s side, in a punishment handed down by the country’s pro-Moscow rebels.
JUNE 11, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Touraj Keshavarz and Ali Samandarnejad executed in Zanjan on June 11
JUNE 10, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghlich Shokouhi and Vahid Behmaram executed in Urmia on June 10
JUNE 10, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ayub Lotfi executed on June 10 in Diezelabad prison
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JUNE 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Baba Sabzi executed in Kermanshah on June 9
JUNE 9, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: BAIDOA COURT EXECUTES CONVICTED MURDERER WHO THREW VICTIM IN THE SEWER
A court in Baidoa town on 7 June 2022 executed a man for killing a businesswoman and then dumping her body in a sewage hole in his house.
JUNE 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javad Amini executed in Amol Prison on June 9
JUNE 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yousef Beigi executed in Kermanshah on June 9
- JUNE 8, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DOUBLE MURDER IN NARAYANGANJ
A Narayanganj tribunal on 6 June 2022 sentenced six people to death for killing a couple in 2009.
JUNE 8, 2022ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Frank Atwood, 66, White, was executed.
7th execution this year in the USA
JUNE 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Asghar Habibi executed in Khalkhal on June 8
JUNE 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sattar Arghandeh executed in Ilam on June 8
JUNE 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajad Takrouy and Hojat Asiabani executed in Ardabil on June 8
JUNE 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadreza Narouyi-Ghazagh executed in Birjand on June 8
JUNE 8, 2022BarbadosDEATH PENALTYBARBADOS APPEAL COURT VACATES DEATH SENTENCE ON MAN CONVICTED FOR FIRE AT A STORE THAT KILLED SIX WOMEN
The Court of Appeal in Barbados has ruled that Jamar Dwayne Bynoe, who was previously been sentenced to death by hanging for his role in the 2010 fire at a store that resulted in the deaths of six women, return to the High Court for sentencing.
JUNE 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khosro Tarek and Kamal Bayanirad executed in Ilam on June 8
JUNE 7, 2022ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: EX-SECURITIES REGULATOR HANDED SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE
Tong Daochi, a former senior Chinese official who has worked at the World Bank, has been given a suspended death sentence for bribery.
JUNE 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Noor Ahmad Barangahzai executed in Isfahan on June 7
203 executions this year
JUNE 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Majid Amouri, and Qadir Naseri executed in Ahvaz on June 7
JUNE 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death sentence against man who killed 2 clerics
JUNE 7, 2022MaldivesDEATH PENALTYMALDIVES TO CONTINUE MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY: HOME MINISTER
Home Minister Imran Abdulla has said that the Maldives still has a policy of continuing the moratorium on implementation the death penalty.
JUNE 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Appeals Court upholds 16-year sentence against Ali Younesi and Amirhossein Moradi
- JUNE 6, 2022Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: JUNTA SAYS WILL CARRY OUT FIRST JUDICIAL EXECUTIONS IN DECADES
Myanmar's junta will execute a former member of Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent democracy activist, both of whom were convicted of terrorism, in the country's first judicial executions since 1990.
JUNE 6, 2022Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR COLLABORATING WITH ISRAEL
A military court in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip sentenced a man to death on 6 June 2022 for cooperating with Israel.
- JUNE 6, 2022Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The High Court of Trinidad and Tobago on 2 June 2022 sentenced to death two brothers after they were both found guilty of murdering a man and attempting to kill the victim’s brother and cousin 12 years ago.
JUNE 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 11 men and 1 woman executed in Zahedan Prison on June 6, 2022
JUNE 6, 2022OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Federal judge OKs Oklahoma’s lethal injection method
JUNE 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Six men executed in Gorgan Prison on June 6
JUNE 3, 2022North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Carolina. Joshua Lee Burgess sentenced to death
JUNE 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behnam Khanjani and Farhad Ramezanian executed in Rasht on June 2
JUNE 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Karimi executed in Rasht on June 2
JUNE 1, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COP SENTENCED TO DEATH, ANOTHER GETS LIFE TERM FOR MURDERING TEENAGE STUDENT
A district court on 30 May 2022 awarded capital punishment to a police constable and life imprisonment to a volunteer cop for the Police Qaumi Razakar (PQR) for murdering a teenage student and wounding another in an alleged fake encounter in Gulshan-e-Iqb
JUNE 1, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unnamed man executed by own his own son on June 1
JUNE 1, 2022Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTYCENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY VOTES TO END DEATH PENALTY
The National Assembly of the Central African Republic voted on 27 May 2022 to end capital punishment with a law passed by acclamation which must now be promulgated by President Faustin Archange Touadéra.