A pakistani anti-terrorism court on 12 January 2022 sentenced four men to death for their involvement in a car bombing last year that killed four people near the residence of Jamat ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed in Johar Town.

For drugs

For murder

Executed on December 19

A top Sri Lankan prison official was sentenced to death on 12 January 2022 over the killing of 27 inmates in an execution-style massacre that attracted international condemnation.

The Criminal Court of Abu Dhabi has sentenced two Filipino nationals to death for the crime of possession and dealing in narcotics and psychotropic substances, Khaleej Times reported on 4 January 2022.

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Ismailia Criminal Court on 5 January 2022 sentenced to death Abdel Rahman Nazmy, known as “Dabour” over charges of brutally murdering a citizen and attempting to kill two others in a crowded street in Ismailia.

A Christian man on 6 January 2022 was sentenced to death in Pakistan a decade after he was charged with blasphemy.

The Court of Cassation in Rabat confirmed on 5 January 2022 the death penalty sentence for the 24-year-old man who raped and killed 11-year-old Adnane Bouchouf in Tangier in September 2020.