Archive timeline
2022
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 2022, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
The year in data
- Executions recorded worldwide
- 911
- Countries where they were recorded
- 20
- News items in the archive
- 1,071
Latest news of 2022
OCTOBER 20, 2022LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Kevin Daigle formally sentenced to death
OCTOBER 19, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mansour Ghorbani-Bendarati executed in Isfahan on October 19
OCTOBER 19, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Sari on October 19
OCTOBER 19, 2022MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: PARALYSED MECHANIC ESCAPES DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A mechanic who became paralysed from the waist down while in prison has escaped the gallows for drug trafficking committed in Malaysia three years ago, Free Malaysia Today reported on 19 October 2022.
OCTOBER 19, 2022IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RAJASTHAN FOR RAPING, KILLING 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A court in Rajasthan’s Pali district on 15 October 2022 awarded death sentence to a man for raping and murdering a 10-year-old girl in January, the victim’s counsel said.
OCTOBER 18, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING THEIR FRIEND AND STEALING HIS CAR IN OGUN
A High Court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun state, on October 14, 2022 sentenced two men, John Inyere and Chibuike Ukwa, to death by hanging for armed robbery and murder of their friend Chidi Nwite.
OCTOBER 17, 2022VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 30-YEAR-OLD MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING THREE-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A 30-year-old Hanoian was sentenced to death on 13 October 2022 for killing his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter by hammering nails into her head.
OCTOBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Evin Prison: IHR Calls for Urgent UN Mechanism to Prevent Further Atrocities
OCTOBER 16, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Karimabadi executed in Hamedan on October 16
OCTOBER 16, 2022Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDR CONGO: ARMY OFFICERS GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF 2 CHINESE MINE WORKERS
Six people, including two army colonels, were condemned to death by a Democratic Republic of the Congo military court on 14 October 2022 for the murder of two Chinese mine workers.
OCTOBER 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Dehghan Mangabadi executed in Qom, on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Jahangiri executed in Qom on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Qarelu executed in Neyshabur on October 15
OCTOBER 15, 2022Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ‘COLLABORATION’ WITH ISRAEL
A court in Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip sentenced two men to death on 13 October 2022 for "collaboration" with Israel.
OCTOBER 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At least 201 people killed in nationwide protests
Including 23 minors
OCTOBER 13, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: PRESIDENT REJECTS MERCY APPEAL OF DEATH ROW CONVICT
Pakistan’s President Dr Arif Alvi on 13 October 2022 rejected the mercy appeal of a person convicted in murder and bank robbery case.
OCTOBER 13, 2022FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Nikolas Cruz sentenced to Life Without Parole
For killing 17 people in Parkland School Shootings
OCTOBER 13, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mohammad Saeedi and Sadegh Afkendeh executed in Zanjan on October 13
OCTOBER 13, 2022AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTYEU AND COUNCIL OF EUROPE CALL ON ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN TO JOIN PROTOCOL ON BANNING DEATH PENALTY
On the occasion of the European and World Day against the Death Penalty, the European Union (EU) and the Council of Europe firmly reiterated their unequivocal opposition to the death penalty at all times, in all places and in all circumstances.
OCTOBER 12, 2022IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ANDHRA PRADESH FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT ON MINOR GIRL
The POCSO Court of Andhra Pradesh on 10 October 2022 awarded death sentence to J. Anil (30) who sexually assaulted a minor girl at Nunna village.
OCTOBER 12, 2022United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Federal Bureau of Prisons denies transfer of John Fitzgerald Hanson
OCTOBER 12, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Over 400 children detained during Iran protests
OCTOBER 12, 2022ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA BEGINS PROCESS OF ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
Zambia on 10 October 2022 announced that its Cabinet had approved a review of the penal and criminal procedure codes to abolish the death penalty.
OCTOBER 11, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: YOUNG MEN FACE IMMINENT EXECUTION DESPITE ASSURANCES ON RE-SENTENCING JUVENILES TO PRISON TERMS
At least three young men in Saudi Arabia are at imminent risk of execution after an appeal court confirmed their sentences between June and October this year, Amnesty International said on 10 October 2022.
OCTOBER 11, 2022TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: TAMCODE RECOMMENDS ABOLITION OF MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY
The Tanzania Media for Community Development (TAMCODE) has recommended amendment of the Penal Code to give judges the discretion to hand over life imprisonment sentences instead of the death penalty in capital offences.
OCTOBER 11, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - More than 26 minors have been killed in the nationwide uprising
OCTOBER 10, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TRIBESMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RESISTING DISPLACEMENT
A Saudi court on 2 October 2022 sentenced three members of the Howeitat, a tribe forcibly ejected to make way for the $500 bn Neom megacity, to death for resisting displacement, a UK-based rights group has reported.
OCTOBER 10, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 7 MEN GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING A MYMENSINGH AL LEADER
A Dhaka court on 10 October 2022 issued the death penalty to seven persons, including a union parishad chairman, for killing a local Awami League leader in Mymensingh’s Gauripur upazila in 2020.
- OCTOBER 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Names of 202 Martyrs of Uprising
Published by National Council of Resistance of Iran
OCTOBER 9, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - World Day Against the Death Penalty: HRANA Annual Report
Between October 10, 2021, and October 7, 2022, at least 528 executions in Iran