Archive timeline
2022
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2022, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 2022
JUNE 19, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rasoul Khosravi-Baboli and Gholam Eslami executed in Shiraz on June 19
- JUNE 18, 2022KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: GUARD RICHARD MUTAI SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER
A 34-year-old Kenyan night guard has been sentenced to death over the killing of another man following an altercation between them, MaraviPost reported on 14 June 2022.
- JUNE 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Ali Ranjbar executed in Bandarabbas on June 15
- JUNE 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shah Gholam Kanjourian executed in Babol on June 16
- JUNE 16, 2022DEATH PENALTY
USA - Percentage Who View the Death Penalty as Morally Acceptable Remains Near Record Low
Galluo poll
JUNE 16, 2022GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: FETISH PRIEST SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SACRIFICING WIFE AND DAUGHTER TO GODS
A 38-year old Ghanaian fetish priest who killed his wife and daughter and sacrificed them to his idols has been sentenced to death, Pulse reported on 3 June 2022.
JUNE 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohsen Norouzi executed in Rasht on June 16
JUNE 16, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING COP
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) sentenced on 14 June 2022 an accused to death for murdering a police official in the Gulshan-e-Behar neighbourhood in August last year.
JUNE 16, 2022DEATH PENALTYUSA - Georgia. Ricky Dubose sentenced to death
JUNE 16, 2022FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Alan Wade resentenced to life without the possibility of parole
He married and had a son on death row
- JUNE 15, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED AS MINOR
A Saudi court has upheld a death sentence against teenager Abdullah al-Huwaiti, who was convicted for crimes reportedly committed when he was a minor.
JUNE 15, 2022GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA: DEATH PENALTY AMONG SENTENCES FOR MEN WHO MURDERED CORENTYNE FATHER
Justice Sandil Kissoon, on 8 June 2022, sentenced in Guyana five Berbice men for the murder of Corentyne phone card vendor Danian Anthony Jagdeo, who was gunned down during a robbery in 2017.
JUNE 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 8 men executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on June 15
At least 56 people executed in the last two weeks
JUNE 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four more men executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on June 15
Abbas Eskandarzadeh, Amir Jafari, Jamshid Akbari and Avaz Mohammadi
- JUNE 14, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 men executed in Shiraz on June 12
- JUNE 14, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Kiani executed in Dieselabad Prison in Kermanshah on June 12
JUNE 14, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: GOV. FINTIRI PARDONS SIX CONVICTS; COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has pardoned six convicts and commuted the death sentence of a condemned inmate to life imprisonment, as part of activities to mark the 2022 Democracy Day.
JUNE 14, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 7 PAKISTANIS SENTENCED TO DEATH COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
The death sentence of seven Pakistanis imprisoned in Egypt has been commuted to life imprisonment, Pipa news reported on 9 June 2022.
JUNE 14, 2022VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, MURDERING 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A man from An Giang Province in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta was sentenced to death for raping a 12-year-old girl before murdering her in order to cover up the crime.
- JUNE 13, 2022MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: GOVT AGREES TO ABOLISH MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY
Malaysia’s government has agreed to abolish the mandatory death penalty and to substitute it with other sentences which are subject to the discretion of the court.
- JUNE 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Four men executed in Zabol Prison on June 11
JUNE 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Hijwan executed in Jiroft on June 13
JUNE 13, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING PRIEST IN ALEXANDRIA
An Alexandria Criminal Court sentenced on 11 June 2022 a 60-year-old man to death for murdering Coptic Orthodox priest Arsanios Wadid last month in the Egyptian coastal city.
JUNE 13, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF CHRISTIAN BROTHERS IN BLASPHEMY CASE
A Pakistani high court has upheld the death sentence of two Christian brothers convicted for uploading blasphemous content on social media in 2011.
JUNE 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Vali Mohammad Rigi executed in Zahedan on June 13
JUNE 13, 2022PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Alexander McClay Williams Exonerated 91 Years After Execution
He was 16
- JUNE 12, 2022UkraineDEATH PENALTY
TWO BRITONS, MOROCCAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SEPARATIST-HELD UKRAINE
Two British citizens and a Moroccan were sentenced to death on 9 June 2022 for fighting on Ukraine’s side, in a punishment handed down by the country’s pro-Moscow rebels.
- JUNE 12, 2022United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING GIRLFRIEND
An Asian man was handed a death sentence by the Umm Al Quwain Misdemeanour Court for killing his girlfriend on 1 June 2022.
JUNE 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Kiani Dehkiani executed in Kermanshah on June 12
JUNE 11, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Touraj Keshavarz and Ali Samandarnejad executed in Zanjan on June 11