2022

IRAN - 3 unidentified men executed in Shiraz on December 22

628 executions since the beginning of the year

YEMEN: HOUTHI-CONTROLLED COURT SENTENCES 16 YEMENIS TO DEATH, 13 OTHERS TO PRISON

Houthi-run Specialised Criminal Court of First Instance in Yemen’s capital of Sana’a on 7 December 2022 convicted 16 Yemenis, seven of whom were already detained, on charges of communicating with and assisting the “Saudi-Emirati aggression countries”.

USA - Nevada. Governor Sisolak can not empty death row

INDIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, KILLING WOMAN

A court in Haryana’s Sonipat on 19 December 2021 sentenced two men to death for raping and killing a woman five years ago.

PAKISTAN: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG DEALERS

The National Assembly on 20 December 2022 approved “The Control of Narcotics Substance (Amendment) Bill, 2022,” abolishing death sentence for illicit trafficking of narcotics and psychotropic drugs.

IRAN - Hasan Firouzi, arrested during the protests, is in danger of execution

GAMBIA: DRIVER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN UPPER RIVER REGION

Justice Landing M. Sanneh, the presiding Judge of the High Court in Basse, in the Upper River Region (URR) has sentenced Bakary Jallow, a driver by profession to death for reportedly killing one Alieu Sanyang, The Point reported on 20 December 2022.

LIBYA: 17 FORMER IS MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH

A Libyan court sentenced 17 former members of the Islamic State group to death, a statement from the country’s Tripoli-based top prosecutor said on 19 December 2022.

IRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj on December 20

Mehdi Kamrani Far + 2 unknown

IRAN - Riot at Karaj Penitentiary at least one prisoner killed

Mohsen Mansouri, and 17 transferred to solitary confinement in preparation for their executions

AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN OFFICIAL PARDONS HIS FATHER'S MURDERER

A senior Afghan official has pardoned a man sentenced to death for murdering the politician's father, a court said on 18 December 2022, days after Taliban authorities carried out the first public execution since the Islamists seized power.

LEBANON: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR KILLER OF BRITISH WOMAN

A Lebanese court has upheld the death sentence for an Uber driver convicted of killing a British woman who worked for the U.K. Embassy in Beirut five years ago, the embassy said on December 16, 2022.

SUDAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO STONING DEATH WILL GO TO JAIL INSTEAD

A Sudanese woman charged with adultery has had her life spared and will instead spend six months behind bars after she admitted to kissing a man.

NIGERIA: KANO CLERIC SHEIKH KABARA SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY

An Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abduljabbar Kabara, was on 15 December 2022 sentenced to death by hanging by an Upper Shari’a Court sitting at Kofar Kudu in Kano State for alleged blasphemy.

UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES ‘MORATORIUM ON THE USE OF THE DEATH PENALTY’ RESOLUTION

125 votes in favour (3 more than in 2020), 37 against (one less than in 2020) and 22 abstentions (there were 24 in 2020).

IRAN - Mohammad Akbari + unknown executed in Sari on December 18

IRAN - Qasim Salarzahi and Aziz Gargij executed on December 17

619 executions in 2022

IRAN - Authorities arrested Taraneh Alidoosti

one of the country’s most famous actresses on charges of spreading falsehoods about protests

IRAN - Tehran Doctor Tortured And Killed For Treating Wounded Protesters

Aida Rostami, also Ayda Rostami

USA DPIC 2022 Year End Report

22 death sentences and 18 executions in 2022

IRAN - Iran Releases Teen After Mother’s Interview Goes Viral On Social Media

15-year-old Amirhossein Rahimi

IRAN - Sonia Sharifi released on bail

Young girl accused of ‘enmity against God’

IRAN - Hassan Amini and Amir Abbasi executed in Rasht on December 15

IRAN - Abolfazl Heidarzadeh executed in Zanjan on December 15

617 executions since the beginning of the year

IRAN - Mohammadali Seyedi executed in Qazvin on December 15

SOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES AL-SHABAAB CONVICT TO DEATH

A military court in Mogadishu on 12 December 2022 sentenced a suspected al-Shabaab member to death amid the government stepped up operation against the group in south-central Somalia.

IRAN - Sonia Sharifi, 17, charged with ‘waging war on God’

The young protester is at risk of death sentence

PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH ON TWO COUNTS IN RAPE-CUM-DOUBLE MURDER CASE

A Rawalpindi district and sessions court on 29 November 2022 handed down death penalty on two counts to an accused involved in a rape-cum-double murder case.

IRAN - Yousef Mirza-Beigi executed in Qazvin on 15 December

IRAN - Ahmad Shariati executed in Kerman “in mid December”

The news reached the NGOs only on January 27, 2023.