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
- MAY 24, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Wife of Djalali pleads for EU action
Vida Mehrannia
MAY 24, 2022IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: UP GANGSTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SENSATIONAL NIA OFFICER, WIFE'S MURDER
A court in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district on 20 May 2022 sentenced two gangsters to death for murdering an NIA officer and his wife six years ago.
MAY 24, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Gorgan Prison on 24 May 2022
Mostafa Hamidzadeh, Houshang Bagheri Alimorad (surname unknown) and Nasser Moghadam
- MAY 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Sorkhrou and Abbas Kamali executed in Minab on May 23
- MAY 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mossadegh Malahi executed in Minab on May 23
- MAY 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified woman executed on 23 May in Amol prison
135th since September 2013
MAY 23, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: DANISH MAN SENTENCED TO DIE FOR KILLING WIFE, DAUGHTER
A Nigerian court on 20 May 2022 sentenced a Danish man to death after finding him guilty of killing his wife, a Nigerian, and his 3-year-old daughter at their residence in the West African country in 2018.
MAY 23, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 1971 WAR CRIMES IN MOULVIBAZAR
A court in Bangladesh has sentenced three people to death for murder, rape and other crimes against humanity in Moulvibazar’s Barlekha during the 1971 Liberation War, bdnews24 reported on 19 May 2022.
MAY 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in Zanjan on May 23
MAY 23, 2022ArkansasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arkansas. No execution for mentally disabled Alvin Jackson
The U.S. Supreme Court rules
MAY 23, 2022MissouriDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. Marvin Rice sentenced to life without parole
Judge Daniel Pelikan rejects jury's recommendation for death
- MAY 22, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: DEATH SENTENCE HANDED DOWN FOR PRIEST’S MURDER
An Egyptian court on 18 May 2022 sentenced to death a man accused of the murder last month of a Coptic priest in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, judicial sources said.
- MAY 22, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdolbari Rigi, and Ms Hayati, a woman, executed in Shiraz on May 22
- MAY 22, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Morad Fazeli executed in Shirvan Prison on May 22
- MAY 22, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Elias Q. executed in Mashhad Prison on May 22
176 executions since the beginning of the year
- MAY 21, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Esmail Shahbakhsh executed in Zahedan on May 21
- MAY 21, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Report of the National Council of Resistance of Iran on the prison situation
MAY 21, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The wife of Ahmadreza Djalali called on the European Union to intervene
MAY 21, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdollah Barahouyi executed in Zahedan on May 21
- MAY 19, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Gashoul executed in Isfahan on May 19
- MAY 18, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ayat Ghasemi-Delfani executed in Karaj on May 18
- MAY 18, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farshad Nematzadeh, Mehdi Shirchian and Eshaghi executed in Amol on May 18
MAY 18, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING TODDLER IN CHITTAGONG
A Chittagong court on 18 May 2022 sentenced three people to death for killing a two-year-old boy in 2020.
MAY 18, 2022Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: PRIVY COUNCIL RULES MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY CONSTITUTIONAL
The Privy Council has ruled that the mandatory sentence of death for murder in Trinidad and Tobago is constitutional, and only Parliament can reform and update the laws.
MAY 18, 2022BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: PRESIDENT LUKASHENKO CHANGES DEATH PENALTY LAW TO TARGET OPPOSITION
Belarus has introduced the death penalty for planning an attack or "attempting an act of terrorism", according to a decree issued on 18 May 2022 — charges that target many opposition activists.
MAY 18, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fardin Kaleh Houyi executed in Kermanshah on May 18
The news was released on June 21 by Hengaw
- MAY 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Khalil Rezaeipour executed in Qom on May 17
- MAY 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ghobad Khodakarami executed in Khorramabad on May 17
- MAY 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for Djalali
MAY 17, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghobad Narouyi executed in Birjand on May 17