The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea announced on 20 January 2022 the abolition of the death penalty for all crimes in the country, 30 years after its reintroduction.

Observing that state machinery showed “laxity and indifference” in deciding their mercy plea, the Bombay High Court, in Maharashtra state,n on 18 January 2022 commuted the death sentences awarded to sisters Renuka Shinde and Seema Gavit to life imprisonment.

Parviz Akbari Rud, Jamaleddin Gorgij and Dadshah Sarani

Hamed Manouchehri, Sobhan Shohani and Mohammad Karim-Nezhad

Quarrel between the families of victim and of executed inmate

A Muslim woman was sentenced to death in Pakistan on 19 January 2022 after being convicted of sending a blasphemous text message and caricatures of Prophet Muhammad via WhatsApp, a court said.