2022

BANGLADESH: GIRL STRANGLED TO DEATH AFTER RAPE, FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH

A court in Bangladesh on 18 October 2022 sentenced four people to death in the case of strangulation of a girl after rape in Narayanganj. Meanwhile, one person has been sentenced to life and one person has been acquitted.

IRAN - Mansour Ghorbani-Bendarati executed in Isfahan on October 19

IRAN - 3 men executed in Sari on October 19

MALAYSIA: 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.

INDIA: 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.

NIGERIA: 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.

VIETNAM: 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.

DR 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.

IRAN - Evin Prison: IHR Calls for Urgent UN Mechanism to Prevent Further Atrocities

IRAN - Hossein Karimabadi executed in Hamedan on October 16

GAZA: 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.

IRAN - Reza Qarelu executed in Neyshabur on October 15

IRAN - Amir Jahangiri executed in Qom on October 15

IRAN - Hamed Dehghan Mangabadi executed in Qom, on October 15

EU 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.

IRAN - Ali Mohammad Saeedi and Sadegh Afkendeh executed in Zanjan on October 13

IRAN - At least 201 people killed in nationwide protests

Including 23 minors

PAKISTAN: 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.

USA - Florida. Nikolas Cruz sentenced to Life Without Parole

For killing 17 people in Parkland School Shootings

ZAMBIA 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.

INDIA: 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.

USA - Oklahoma. Federal Bureau of Prisons denies transfer of John Fitzgerald Hanson

IRAN - Over 400 children detained during Iran protests

SAUDI 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.

TANZANIA: 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.

IRAN - More than 26 minors have been killed in the nationwide uprising

SAUDI 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.

BANGLADESH: 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.

IRAQ: SUSPECT IN KILLING YAZIDI MAN, DAUGHTER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DUHOK

A court in Duhok on 5 October 2022 sentenced the suspect in the killing of a Yazidi man and his six-year-old daughter to death following a relatively swift hearing session during which the defendant admitted to the murders.

IRAN - Names of 202 Martyrs of Uprising

Published by National Council of Resistance of Iran