2022

IRAN - Kiomars Parvaneh and Hasan Hojjati executed in Qazvin on September 28

IRAN - Morteza Brahui executed in Zahedan on September 28

BANGLADESH: THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMES TRIBUNAL SENTENCES KHALILUR TO DEATH

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on September 13, 2022 sentenced Mohammad Khalilur Rahman from Durgapur Upazilla of Netrakona to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.

BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 2-YR-OLD AFTER ABDUCTION IN SIRAJGANJ

A Sirajganj court on September 27, 2022 sentenced a man to death in a case filed for killing a two-year-old boy after an abduction.

INDIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER IN JANJGIR CHAMPA

A court in Chhattisgarh's Janjgir Champa district on 19 September 2022 sentenced two persons to death for the murder of a gram panchayat member in 2021.

GHANA: 34-YEAR-OLD MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING

Cape Coast High Court in the Central Region of Ghana has sentenced a 34-year-old man to death by hanging for murder, Ghana Web reported on 20 September 2022.

PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE

Peshawar Child Protection Court (CPC) has awarded death sentence to a man who brutally killed a seven-year-old girl and a woman in tehsil Shabqadar, district Charsadda, sources said on 25 September 2022.

BANGLADESH: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR 4 MILITANTS IN JAPANESE NATIONAL KUNIO HOSHI'S MUDER

The High Court has affirmed the death sentences for four militants of the outlawed Islamist outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, or JMB, for the murder of a Japanese national in Rangpur in 2015.

IRAN - At least 76 protesters killed by security forces

On the 11th day of unrest after the killing of the young Masha Amini

NIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING AND KILLING A JOB-SEEKER

Akwa Ibom State High Court, sitting in Uyo, on 4 August 2022 sentenced to death Uduak-Abasi Akpan for the murder of jobseeker Iniubong Umoren.

CHINA: EX-VICE MINISTER OF PUBLIC SECURITY SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH TWO-YEAR REPRIEVE

Sun Lijun, former Chinese vice minister of public security, on 23 September 2022 was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for taking more than 646 million yuan of bribes, manipulating the stock market, and illegally possessing firearms, according t

IRAN - 54 protesters killed by security forces

8th day of protests for Mahsa Amini

JAPAN TO STOP MYANMAR MILITARY TRAINING OVER JUNTA’S EXECUTION OF ACTIVISTS

Japan’s defense ministry said on 22 September 2022 it will halt training for members of Myanmar’s military from next year over the junta’s executions of pro-democracy activists.

USA - Alabama. Alan Miller's execution was suspended after 2 hours of trying

Due to difficulties in finding the vein

CHINA: FORMER SENIOR OFFICIAL FU ZHENGHUA SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE

Former senior official Fu Zhenghua on 22 September 2022 was sentenced to

INDIA: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING SIX OF FAMILY IN RAJASTHAN

A court in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara on 6 August 2022 sentenced to death two men for murdering a couple and their four children in the district seven years ago.

IRAN - 31 protesters killed by security forces

Nationwide protests for Mahsa Amini

CHINA: MAN WHO ARRANGED GIRLFRIEND'S MURDER SENTENCED TO DEATH

A man in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, who lured his girlfriend to faraway Yunnan province and then asked two accomplices to kill her, was sentenced to death in Kunming, Yunnan on 20 September 2022.

EQUATORIAL GUINEA ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY

Equatorial Guinea has abolished the death penalty, state TV announced on 19 September 2022 citing a new law signed by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.

EGYPT: MOTHER, LOVER SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KILLING CHILDREN

A 26-year-old woman and her lover on 17 September 2022 were both sentenced to death by hanging in Egypt after being found guilty of killing her three children and attempting the murder of her husband, local media reported.

THAILAND: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR POISONING HER OWN CHILDREN

Thailand’s Criminal Court sentenced a woman to death on 15 September 2022 after finding her guilty of poisoning her own 2-year-old son and 4-year-old adopted daughter with an abrasive substance, to make them sick so she could appeal to the public for dona

IRAN - Sirus Sha’alani executed in Karaj on September 19

VIETNAM: DEATH ROW INMATE DANG VAN HIEN GETS REDUCED SENTENCE

Vietnamese President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has commuted the death sentence of Dang Van Hien and reduced it to life in prison, Hien’s wife, Mai Thi Khuyen, told RFA on 15 September 2022.

IRAN - Mahsa Amini passed away in hospital today

A 22-year-old woman arrested by the Guidance Patrol on September 14

LIBYAN CONVERT SENTENCED TO DEATH UNDER CONTROVERSIAL APOSTASY LAW

Libyan authorities sentenced an unidentified young man to death, according to Middle East Concern, based on a loophole in an apostasy law.

PAKISTAN: SHC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE TERM

The Sindh High Court (SHC), while partially rejecting the appeal of three murder convicts on 14 September 2022, commuted their death sentence into life-imprisonment.

MALAYSIA: GOVERNMENT TO INTRODUCE ALTERNATIVES TO DEATH PENALTY

The Malaysian government has decided to replace the mandatory death penalty with other types of punishment for a number of offences, said the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar on 14 September 2022.

NIGERIA: PASTOR, 1 OTHER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING BOY, BURYING HEAD ON ALTAR

An Ikeja Special Offences Court on 9 August 2022 sentenced one Pastor Erinmole Adetokunbo and one Adedoyin Oyekanmi to death for killing a seven-year-old boy for ritual.

BANGLADESH: THREE GET DEATH FOR MURDER IN BRAHMANBARIA

A Brahmanbaria court on 12 September 2022 sentenced three people to death and jailed another for life over the murder of Sharif Khan, a native of Akhaura's Chanpur village, in 2015.

NIGERIA: POPULAR TRADITIONAL WRESTLER TO DIE BY HANGING AFTER POUNDING WIFE TO DEATH

A high court sitting in Adamawa state on 16 August 2022 convicted and sentenced popular traditional wrestler, Thankyou Grim, to death by hanging for using pestle to kill his wife in 2018 in Adamawa State.