2022

BAHREIN: 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.

SOUTH 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.

USA - Louisiana. A jury has sentenced Kevin Daigle to death

IRAN - Filmmaker Jafar Panahi to serve 6 years for defending free speech

NIGERIA: 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.

BANGLADESH: 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.

IRAN - UNITED NATIONS - Sweden. Javaid Rehman lauded the conviction in Sweden against Hamid Noury

GAMBIA: 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.

NIGERIA: 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.

IRAN - Sweden. The Stockholm District Court sentenced Hamid Noury to life

For “serious crimes against international law” and "murder"

IRAN - Instagram Star Milad Hatemi Faces Death Penalty Over Betting Sites

USA - California. Richard Clark’s death sentence overturned

AFGHANISTAN: 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.

IRAN - Farzad Garavand and Mohammad Hatami executed in Karaj on July 13

IRAN - Mohsen Safari and Amirhossein Abadi executed in Isfahan

On June 20 and July 13

IRAN - 4 men executed in Ilam Prison on July 13

IRAN - Ali Asghar Khalili executed in Isfahan on July 13

PAKISTAN: 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.

IRAN - Ali Ch executed in Mashhad on July 12

IRAN - Belgium. Rights Groups Call on Belgium Not To Swap Prisoners With Iran

IRAN - Rasoul Moradgholi executed in Sari Prison on July 12

IRAN - Sajjad Jamshidi executed in Sari on July 12

IRAN - 'Driven By Fear': Iran Cracks Down On Dissent Amid Rising Public Discontent

SUDAN: 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.

IRAN - Unnamed man executed in Jolfa Prison

Possibly on July 11

UAE: 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.

IRAN - Political prisoner Naser Fahimi lashed 74 times

At Greater Tehran Penitentiary

IRAN - Keyvan Emamverdi sentenced to death

IRAN - Abolfazl Rahmani and Mehrollah Rigi executed in Qom on July 9