Archive timeline
2022
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2022, month by month, with the countries most present that year.

The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 911
- Countries where they were recorded
- 20
- News items in the archive
- 1,071
Latest news of 2022
JULY 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Belgium. What Lessons Can Belgium Learn That France Never Did?
More on the Assadi case
JULY 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Poland. Polish Scientist Maciej Walczak Arrested in Iran
JULY 8, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Belgium. More against the release of Assadi
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 7, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Turkey. Abdul Wahab Kocak Sentenced To Life In Prison
Accused Of Killing Iranian Dissident In Turkey
JULY 7, 2022BelgiumDEATH PENALTYRAN - Belgium. Global firestorm brewing over Belgium’s disgraceful deal with Iran’s regime
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 6, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Belgium. Belgium Provisionally Clears Iran Prisoner-Swap Treaty
JULY 6, 2022South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH 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.
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 5, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed on July 5
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 4, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPY: 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 3, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - More about the June 29 executions in Rajai Shahr
1, maybe 2 gays
JULY 3, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 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 PENALTYSRI 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 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rahmat Valinejad executed in Zabol on July 2
JULY 2, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Belgium. Iran Reportedly Holds Two Belgians As Brussels Plans Prisoner Swap
JULY 2, 2022BelgiumDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Belgium. A law in Belgium could lead to the release of Assadi, the Iranian diplomat in prison for planning a terror attack
- JULY 1, 2022CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Andrew Lancaster’s death sentence overturned
