2022

SAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR SLITTING THROATS OF 3 DAUGHTERS

A Saudi man, convicted of slaying three of his daughters, was executed on 16 March 2022 after he was handed down a final death verdict, Saudi media reported, citing the Interior Ministry.

SAUDI ARABIA: AUTHORITIES PUT FOUR PEOPLE TO DEATH

Saudi Arabia on 17 March 2022 executed four men - two Saudis, two Indonesians - after being found guilty of committing murder and rape, state news agency (SPA) reported.

USA - South Carolina. Green light to firing-squad executions

USA - Iaho. HB 658 clears Legislature

To conceal the identity of all execution drug suppliers

USA - Florida. Cornelius Baker’s Death Sentence Commuted to Life In Prison

USA - Florida. State to drop death penalty in resentencing of Richard Allen Johnson

IRAN - Iran Dismisses UN Human Rights Assessment As 'Biased Report'

USA - Kentucky. Senate Judiciary Committee advanced HB 269

Ban death penalty for severe mental illnesses

USA - Alabama. Jury again recommends death for Nicholas Smith

IRAN Aminullah Gargij executed on March 17

In Adelabad prison, in Shiraz

IRAN - 49th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva

Rehman’s Report Highlights Systemic Human Rights Violations in Iran

NIGERIA: CLERIC SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FRIEND IN LAGOS

A Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, on 16 March 2022, sentenced a 34-year-old cleric, Fatai Afobaje, to death for killing his friend and mutilating his body

IRAN - Massoud Ghoroobi and Gholamhossein Sadri executed on March 17

In Adelabad prison, in Shiraz

NIGERIA: THREE PERSONS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RIVERS STATE

After 11 years of trial, Godffrey Hanson, Chima Wokoma and Andy Clement have been sentenced to death by hanging in Rivers state for the murder of Chief Precious Nwali and Charles Nwogu, a former director at the state Ministry of Health, Elanhub reported o

SINGAPORE: COURT REJECTS APPEALS BY THREE MEN ON DEATH ROW

A Singapore court on 16 March 2022 rejected appeals by three men sentenced to death for drugs offences despite criticism from the United Nations and rights campaigners.

IRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz Prison on March 16

Abdolreza Shafiee, Ahmad Gorgij and Bashir Samadi

IRAN - Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anousheh Ashouri Freed

IRAN - 3 men executed at Gohardasht Prison on March 16

Gholam Ali Khaurgir, Abbas Khaurgir, and Mohsen Jandaghi

IRAN - Zubayd … executed in Isfahan on March 16, 2022

(unknown surname)

IRAN - 4 men executed in Shiraz Central Prison on March 16

Ali Sahandi, Mohammad Hossein Sahandi, Sadegh Sahebi and Bashir Kaboli

IRAN - Yousef Hashemi executed in Qazvin Prison on March 16

IRAN - Bashir Kameli executed on March 16

In Adelabad prison, in Shiraz

IRAN - Hamid Rastegar and Gholamreza Paki executed in Isfahan on March 16

USA - California. Noel Herrera formally sentenced to death

USA - Idaho. Senate panel passes HB 658

would shield suppliers of lethal drugs and execution participants

BANGLADESH: NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NAOGAON FOR TRIPLE MURDER

The Naogaon Additional District and Sessions Judge Court on 14 March 2022 sentenced nine people to death and another to life term imprisonment for murdering three people in Badalgachhi upazila in the district in 2014.

IRAN - Peyman Babakhani and Mir Ali Hosseini executed on March 15

In Orumiyeh Central Prison

SUDAN: INTELLIGENCE AGENT SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING

The El Obeid Court in North Kordofan, Sudan, sentenced a member of the General Intelligence Service (GIS) to death by hanging on 14 March 2022.

USA - Minitary. Sept. 11 Prosecutors Are in Plea Talks

Guilty plea in exchange for life sentences

IRAN - Mohammad Bozorgzadeh executed in Bushehr on March 15