Chronological archive
July 2022
The 111 news items published by Hands Off Cain in July 2022, in chronological order.
VIETNAM: FIVE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS FROM HCMC TO PHILIPPINES
Five men were all sentenced to death on 27 July 2022 in HCMC (Vietnam) for transporting almost 300 kg of methamphetamine to the Philippines in 2019.
- JULY 31, 2022DEATH PENALTY
EXECUTIONS COME BACK TO MYANMAR BUT HATRED IS NOT THE ANSWER
Sergio D’Elia – Secretary General Hands Off Cain
JULY 31, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Me'raji e Nemat Valipour Executed on July 31
In Shiraz and Sabzevar
JULY 31, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Payam Nouri executed in Ardabil on July 31
- JULY 30, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ayub Mirzaei executed on July 30 in Dizelabad Prison
- JULY 30, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Omid Ebrahimi and Salar Nasiri executed in Urmia on June 30
JULY 30, 2022AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Delay in James’ execution caused by IV line issue
JULY 29, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Shah Bakhsh and Ziaullah Brahui executed in Damghan on July 27
- JULY 28, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Morteza Falah-Delavar executed in Rasht on July 28
JULY 28, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NIGER STATE FOR CULPABLE HOMICIDE
A Minna High Court in Niger State has sentenced three men, Mohammed Ibrahim Soja, Sani Idris Boka and Babangida Gido, to death by hanging after they were found guilty of a 10-count charge bordering on culpable homicide, the Daily Trust reported on 25 July
- JULY 28, 2022AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Joe Nathan James, 50, Black, was executed
8th inmate to be put to death this year in the USA
- JULY 28, 2022FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Bill Roberts, 60, White, sentenced to death
JULY 28, 2022MassachusettsDEATH PENALTYUSA - Massachusetts. Formally Exonerates Last ‘Witch’, Elizabeth Johnson
Sentenced to death in 1693
- JULY 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammadreza Arjmandi executed in Bam on July 27
- JULY 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Sanandaj on July 27
Payam Yazdani, Heyva Ahmadi and Abdollah Rahimi
- JULY 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Senobar Jalali executed in Rajai-Shahr Prison on July 27
A female Afghan national
- JULY 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran cuts off man’s fingers for theft
8 others at risk of amputation
JULY 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Soheila Abedi executed in Sanandaj on July 27
139th woman since 2013
JULY 27, 2022KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: INDIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS
The Criminal Court of Kuwait City sentenced an Indian expat to death by hanging for smuggling in narcotic substances with a market value of about 11,000 dinars with the intent of trafficking, Arab Times reported on 24 July 2022.
JULY 27, 2022Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF 9-MONTH-OLD STEPSON
A Trinidad man has been found guilty of murder and his former common-law wife guilty of manslaughter over the death of his nine-month-old stepson, who was beaten to death in 2008, The Guardian (TT) reported on July 26, 2022.
JULY 27, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Faranak Beheshti was executed in Urmia on July 27
138th woman since 2013
- JULY 26, 2022JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN EXECUTES PRISONER WHO KILLED 7 IN TOKYO STREET RAMPAGE
Japan on 26 July 2022 executed a man who killed seven people in a vehicle crash and stabbing rampage in a crowded Tokyo shopping district in 2008.
- JULY 26, 2022South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. Quincy Allen’s death sentence overturned
JULY 26, 2022SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN EXECUTED FOR TRAFFICKING CANNABIS
Singapore hanged a 49-year-old man on 26 July 2022 for trafficking cannabis, the sixth execution in four months in the city-state.
JULY 26, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Gholam Nourzehi and Jomeh Barakzehi executed in Isfahan on July 26
JULY 26, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Ghadimi and Shahram Yadegar executed in Hamedan on July 26
JULY 25, 2022SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES SOLDIER TO DEATH
Somalia’s Military court on 20 July 2022 sentenced a Military Soldier accused of murdering a civilian to death, SONNA reported.
- JULY 25, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Izadi executed in Isfahan on July 25
- JULY 25, 2022Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: JUNTA EXECUTES 4 DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS
Myanmar's ruling military has executed four democracy activists accused of helping to carry out "terror acts," it said on 25 July 2022, sparking widespread condemnation of the Southeast Asian nation's first executions in decades.
JULY 25, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 unidentified men executed in Mashhad on July 25
- JULY 25, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 unidentified men executed in Torbat-e-Jam prison on July 25
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- JULY 24, 2022SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: FIFTH EXECUTION IN UNDER FOUR MONTHS CARRIED OUT
Nazeri bin Lajim, who was convicted of drug trafficking five years ago, has been hanged in Singapore’s Changi Prison.
- JULY 24, 2022ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: KILLER OF POPULAR VLOGGER LAMU EXECUTED
A Chinese man was executed by a court in Southwest China's Sichuan Province on 23 July 2022 for setting his ex-wife, who was also a Chinese Douyin influencer, on fire during livestream and caused the latter's death.
JULY 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iman Sabzikar publicly executed in Shiraz on of July 23
JULY 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Esmail Narouyi and Khaled Paraki executed in Zahedan on July 23
JULY 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shokat Shehbakhsh executed in Zahedan on July 23
JULY 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Zabol on July 23
Farhad Kouhkan, Davoud Amirzadeh, Hamid Jahangard and Habib Totazehi
JULY 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 executions in Qom Central Prison also known as Langroud Prison
3 on 23 July, one on 9 July
JULY 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Seyyed Sarrajul Haq Siddiqui executed on July 23 in Shiraz prison
JULY 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Sabahi and Mohammad Hossein Hasanipour executed in Shiraz on July 23
- JULY 22, 2022BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Belgium. Brussels Court suspended the transfer of Assadollah Assadi
- JULY 21, 2022BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Belgium. Belgium Ratifies Much-Criticized Prisoner Swap Treaty With Iran
JULY 21, 2022United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR VIOLENT KILLING OF EMPLOYER
The Ajman Criminal Court sentenced a 30-year-old Asian national to death after he was convicted of murdering his employer, Khaleej Times reported on 6 July 2022.
JULY 21, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING EX-WIFE, HER FATHER
A sessions court in Faisalabad awarded death sentence on two counts, life imprisonment to a man for killing his ex-wife and her father in the limits of Madina Town police station.
JULY 21, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Execution of 2 men and 1 woman in Yazd prison
137 women executed in Iran since 2013
JULY 21, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four inmates executed in Borujerd, Birjand, and Yazd Prisons
On July 11 and 21
JULY 20, 2022VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 5-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER BY THROWING HER INTO RIVER
A man who killed his five-year-old daughter by throwing her into the river earlier this year was sentenced to death by the People’s Court in Quang Nam Province, central Vietnam on 18 July 2022.
- JULY 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Qom on July 20
JULY 20, 2022ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 3 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF NANJING STUDENT
Three men on 7 July 2022 were sentenced to death for the murder of Li Mouyue in Menghai county, Yunnan province.
JULY 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Dariush Khazai and Mahmood Sadeghian executed in Dastgerd Prison on July 20
- JULY 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamed Sarband executed in in Birjand on July 20
JULY 19, 2022BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHREIN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Bahraini was sentenced to death by the High Criminal Court on 19 July 2022 for drug trafficking across regional waters.
JULY 19, 2022South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA: RELIGIOUS GROUPS CALL FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Catholic Church in South Korea joined other religious groups to call for the abolition of the death penalty terming it unconstitutional and ineffective in curbing criminal offenses in the country.
JULY 19, 2022LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. A jury has sentenced Kevin Daigle to death
JULY 19, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Filmmaker Jafar Panahi to serve 6 years for defending free speech
JULY 18, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 3,084 MALES, 61 FEMALES ON DEATH ROW
There are no fewer than 3,145 inmates on death row in custodial centres across Nigeria, PUNCH reported on 10 July 2022.
JULY 18, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE TO DIE FOR RAPING DAUGHTER BEFORE MOTHER IN FENI
A court in Feni on 14 July 2022 sentenced three people to death for raping a daughter in front of her mother at Sonagazi back in 2003.
- JULY 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - UNITED NATIONS - Sweden. Javaid Rehman lauded the conviction in Sweden against Hamid Noury
JULY 14, 2022GambiaDEATH PENALTYGAMBIA: FIVE EX-JAMMEH SPIES SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING ACTIVIST
A Gambian court on 13 July 2022 sentenced former intelligence chief Yankuba Badji and four other members of the intelligence service to death for the killing of a political activist Ebrima Solo Sandeng during the rule of former strongman Yahya Jammeh.
JULY 14, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: EKITI MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING BROTHER
49-year-old Akinola Ademola has been sentenced to death by hanging for offences of armed robbery and murder, of his elder brother in Ekiti State, Within Nigeria reported on 13 July 2022.
JULY 14, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sweden. The Stockholm District Court sentenced Hamid Noury to life
For “serious crimes against international law” and "murder"
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JULY 14, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Instagram Star Milad Hatemi Faces Death Penalty Over Betting Sites
- JULY 14, 2022CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Richard Clark’s death sentence overturned
- JULY 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Asghar Khalili executed in Isfahan on July 13
JULY 13, 2022AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: WATCHDOG ALLEGES TALIBAN ‘SUMMARILY’ EXECUTED AT LEAST 100 SUSPECTED ISLAMIC STATE MEMBERS
Taliban security forces in eastern Afghanistan have extrajudicially killed dozens of suspected members and supporters of a local affiliate of the Islamic State terrorist group, according to Human Rights Watch.
JULY 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farzad Garavand and Mohammad Hatami executed in Karaj on July 13
JULY 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Safari and Amirhossein Abadi executed in Isfahan
On June 20 and July 13
JULY 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Ilam Prison on July 13
- JULY 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 'Driven By Fear': Iran Cracks Down On Dissent Amid Rising Public Discontent
JULY 12, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: LAHORE COURT SENTENCES CHRISTIAN MAN TO DEATH OVER BLASPHEMY CHARGES
A court in Lahore on 4 July 2022 sentenced Ashfaq Masih to death by hanging.
JULY 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Ch executed in Mashhad on July 12
JULY 12, 2022BelgiumDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Belgium. Rights Groups Call on Belgium Not To Swap Prisoners With Iran
JULY 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rasoul Moradgholi executed in Sari Prison on July 12
JULY 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajjad Jamshidi executed in Sari on July 12
JULY 11, 2022SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING FOR ADULTERY
A Sudanese court in the southern part of Sudan has sentenced a woman to death by stoning after convicting her of charge of adultery, a Sudanese human rights group disclosed on 9 July 2022.
- JULY 11, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unnamed man executed in Jolfa Prison
Possibly on July 11
JULY 11, 2022United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: ISRAELI WOMAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT AFTER DEATH SENTENCE STRUCK DOWN
An Israeli woman was sentenced to life in prison in Dubai, her defense team announced on 7 July 2022, after her death penalty for possession of an illegal substance was overturned by an appeals court last week.
JULY 10, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Political prisoner Naser Fahimi lashed 74 times
At Greater Tehran Penitentiary
JULY 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Keyvan Emamverdi sentenced to death
JULY 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abolfazl Rahmani and Mehrollah Rigi executed in Qom on July 9
JULY 9, 2022BelgiumDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Belgium. What Lessons Can Belgium Learn That France Never Did?
More on the Assadi case
- JULY 8, 2022BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Belgium. More against the release of Assadi
- JULY 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Poland. Polish Scientist Maciej Walczak Arrested in Iran
- JULY 7, 2022BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
RAN - Belgium. Global firestorm brewing over Belgium’s disgraceful deal with Iran’s regime
- JULY 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Turkey. Abdul Wahab Kocak Sentenced To Life In Prison
Accused Of Killing Iranian Dissident In Turkey
JULY 7, 2022SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: TWO DRUG TRAFFICKERS HANGED DESPITE OPPOSITION
Two drug traffickers were hanged in Singapore on 7 July 2022, bringing the number of executions this year in the city-state to four despite growing calls to abolish its death penalty.
JULY 7, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MUFTI APPROVES DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLER OF STUDENT NAIYERA ASHRAF
The Mansoura Criminal Court sentenced the murderer of the student Naiyera Ashraf to death on 6 July 2022, after the Mufti approved the Court’s unanimous decision of execution.
- JULY 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behzad Narooie and Mohammad Shahi executed on July 7
JULY 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behzad Narouyi executed in Zahedan on July 7
JULY 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zarif Kakar executed in Zabol Prison on July 7
- JULY 6, 2022South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREAN COURT TO CONSIDER CONSTITUTIONALITY OF DEATH PENALTY FOR FIRST TIME IN 12 YEARS
South Korea’s death penalty is being taken before the Constitutional Court for the first time in 12 years.
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- JULY 6, 2022BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Belgium. Belgium Provisionally Clears Iran Prisoner-Swap Treaty
JULY 6, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO ARMED ROBBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN AKWA IBOM
Two members of a three-man robbery gang, who have been using tricycle to rob innocent members of the public in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital, were sentenced to death on 30 June 2022.
JULY 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Moradi executed in Gachsaran Prison on July 6
JULY 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fardin Zekri executed in Shiraz on July 6
- JULY 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Karimi executed in Sari Prison on July 6
JULY 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unnamed man executed in Tabriz on July 6
- JULY 5, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed on July 5
JULY 5, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH TWICE FOR KIDNAPPING, KILLING MINOR BOY IN QUETTA
An Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) in Quetta on 30 June 2022 awarded a double death sentence to four accused of kidnapping and murdering a minor child.
JULY 5, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ROHINGYA MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Earlier this month, a lower court in the district of Cox’s Bazar sentenced a 28-year-old Rohingya refugee to death for the possession and smuggling of methamphetamine tablets.
- JULY 4, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPY: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
An Egyptian court on 28 June 2022 sentenced to death a man after finding him guilty of murdering Nayera Ashraf, a fellow university student who refused his advances.
JULY 4, 2022Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 'SPYING FOR ISRAEL'
A marshal court in Gaza on 28 June 2022 sentenced to death by hanging a Palestinian who was convicted for allegedly passing information to Israeli intelligence services.
JULY 4, 2022JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING WOMAN
The Jordan’s Grand Criminal Court on 28 June 2022 decided to sentence a man to death for killing a woman after beating her trying to steal her money.
- JULY 3, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: ISLAMIC COURT ORDERS DEATH BY STONING FOR MEN CONVICTED OF HOMOSEXUALITY
An Islamic sharia court in Nigeria's northern state of Bauchi has sentenced three men to death by stoning after convicting them on charges of engaging in homosexuality, the leader of the religious police that arrested them said on 1st July 2022.
- JULY 3, 2022Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: SIX PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH 22 YEARS AFTER FIVE PEOPLE WERE SHOT DEAD IN 2000
Six people on 30 June 2022 were sentenced to death after they were convicted of murdering five people in Devinuawara in 2000.
- JULY 3, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - More about the June 29 executions in Rajai Shahr
1, maybe 2 gays
- JULY 2, 2022BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Belgium. A law in Belgium could lead to the release of Assadi, the Iranian diplomat in prison for planning a terror attack
- JULY 2, 2022BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Belgium. Iran Reportedly Holds Two Belgians As Brussels Plans Prisoner Swap
- JULY 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rahmat Valinejad executed in Zabol on July 2
- JULY 1, 2022United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 2022 DPIC Mid-Year Review
7 new death sentences and 7 executions so far
- JULY 1, 2022CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Andrew Lancaster’s death sentence overturned