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
- FEBRUARY 24, 2022FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. House passed HB 95 that could open more drug dealers to death penalty
- FEBRUARY 24, 2022AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Jury recommends death for Brandon Sykes
- FEBRUARY 24, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - On February 24, Ali Rezaei, 18, sentenced to death, committed suicide
In Lakan Prison, in Rasht
- FEBRUARY 24, 2022IdahoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Idaho. House passes HB 658 granting confidentiality in executions
FEBRUARY 24, 2022TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: HUASHAN MURDERER ESCAPES DEATH PENALTY AFTER SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS LIFE SENTENCE
The legal drama of a man found guilty of raping, killing, and dismembering a woman on the lawn behind Taipei's Huashan 1914 Creative Park in 2018 has finally come to an end, following the Taiwan Supreme Court's decision to uphold a lower court’s life sent
FEBRUARY 24, 2022YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HOUTHI TRIBUNAL
The Specialized Criminal Court in Sanaa, which is controlled by the Houthis, on 22 February 2022 sentenced to death three people, including a school principal, on charges of colluding with the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen and the Yemeni govern
- FEBRUARY 23, 2022SyriaDEATH PENALTY
SYRIA REGIME EXECUTED DOZENS OF MEN IN MILITARY PRISON (REPORT)
The Syrian regime has executed dozens of young men from Eastern Ghouta inside the Sednaya Military Prison, Middle East Monitor reported on 22 February 2022, citing a local media group.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 Men Executed for Murder in Rajai Shahr Prison
Hamed Azizi, Mehran Jafari, and 3 unidentified men
- FEBRUARY 23, 2022United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Poll Finds Bipartisan Opposition to Use of the Death Penalty as It is Actually Administered
FEBRUARY 23, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BLASPHEMY CASE
A Pakistani man from the minority Shia community has been sentenced to death by a court in Punjab province for defaming Islam, officials said on 23 February 2022.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2022South DakotaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Dakota. Senate passed SB 159 to exempt severe mental illnesses from death penalty
- FEBRUARY 22, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farshad Farzi (Farzin) executed in Ilam on February 22
FEBRUARY 22, 2022KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MAN CONVICTED TO DEATH FOR ROBBING CHINESE BOSS SH30,000
A Kibera court on 22 February 2022 convicted a man to death for attacking his Chinese boss at an apartment in Kilimani and violently stealing his cash and phone.
FEBRUARY 22, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR TOSSING FRIEND INTO NILE
A man, convicted of murdering his friend by throwing him into the Nile, was handed down a death sentence in Egypt on 17 February 2022.
FEBRUARY 22, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mousa Zare executed in Isfahan Prison on February 22
The news was reported on March 10 by IHR
FEBRUARY 22, 2022PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Death sentence of Kevin Dowling overturned
- FEBRUARY 21, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: TWO POLICEMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ARMED ROBBERY
Justice Peter Kekemeke of an FCT High Court on 17 February 2022 sentenced two dismissed policemen to death for armed robbery.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified prisoner executed in Mashhad on February 21
- FEBRUARY 21, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 prisoners died of Coronavirus in Karaj Prison, 1 in Ilam
- FEBRUARY 21, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Gh. Executed in Mashhad on February 21
- FEBRUARY 21, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified Man Executed in Kashan Prison on February 21
FEBRUARY 21, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING RMG WORKER IN ASHULIA
A Dhaka court on 16 February 2022 sentenced four people to death in a case filed over for the murder of a garment factory in Ashulia in July 2017.
FEBRUARY 20, 2022IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 38 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2008 BOMBINGS
A court in India on 18 February 2022 sentenced 38 people to death and ordered life in prison for 11 others over a series of bomb blasts in 2008 that killed dozens in the western city of Ahmedabad.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamed Kheradmand Executed in Zahedan on February 19
FEBRUARY 19, 2022KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: SISTER KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Kuwaiti criminal court sentenced a man to death on charges of murdering his sister in a case that had triggered outrage in the country, Gulf News on 17 February reported, citing local media.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2022OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Governor Issues 3 More Reprieves
Reschedules Executions for 2025
- FEBRUARY 18, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Official Decries EP’s Resolution on Death Penalty in Iran
Kazem Gharibabadi, the secretary-general of Iran’s Human Rights Office
FEBRUARY 17, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: JORDANIAN EXECUTED FOR MURDERING MAN
Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry has announced the execution of Jordanian expatriate man for strangling to death a Saudi man in Jazan, southwest of the Kingdom.
FEBRUARY 17, 2022DEATH PENALTYIRAN: 85 MINORS IN THE DEATH ROW (AS OF NOVEMBER 2021)
UN human rights experts on 25 November 2021 strongly condemned the execution of Arman Abdolali, convicted for an alleged murder committed when he was 17, and demanded that Iran stop sentencing children to death.
FEBRUARY 17, 2022KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: INDIAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A Kuwaiti criminal court had sentenced an Indian expatriate to death on charges of dealing in illicit drugs, a local newspaper reported on 16 February 2022.