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MAY 18, 2022Belarus
DEATH PENALTY
BELARUS: 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, 2022Iran
DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fardin Kaleh Houyi executed in Kermanshah on May 18
The news was released on June 21 by Hengaw
MAY 17, 2022Iran
DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Khalil Rezaeipour executed in Qom on May 17
MAY 17, 2022Iran
DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ghobad Khodakarami executed in Khorramabad on May 17
MAY 17, 2022Iran
DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for Djalali
MAY 17, 2022Iran
DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ghobad Narouyi executed in Birjand on May 17
MAY 17, 2022Algeria
DEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA: EX-ARMY CHIEF'S ALLY SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ‘TREASON’
An Algerian military officer and close ally of the former army chief has been sentenced to death over charges of “high treason”, the French-language daily El Watan reported on 15 May 2022.
MAY 16, 2022Taiwan
DEATH PENALTY
HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS URGE TAIWAN TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
An international panel of human rights experts on 13 May 2022 called on Taiwan to end the "cruel and degrading" practice of capital punishment.
MAY 15, 2022
DEATH PENALTY
DR CONGO: POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FLORIBERT CHEBEYA
A Congolese military court on 11 May 2022 sentenced a high-ranking policeman to death for his role in the 2010 murder of human rights activist Floribert Chebeya, which caused national outrage.
MAY 15, 2022Iran
DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehrab Salehi executed in Yazd on May 15
Probably a juvenile at the time of the alleged crime
MAY 14, 2022Iran
DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farshad Gamshadzehi, Esmail Jahantigh and Mansour Barahouyi executed in Zahedan on May 14
Farshad Gamshadzehi may have been a juvenile offender
MAY 14, 2022Iran
DEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Bameri executed in Iranshahr on May 14
The man was unable to pay the €23.000 diya (reparation)