Death Row Below 2,500 First Time in 29 Years
More than 365 prisoners have been executed in 2021 in Iran
after almost 20 years on death row
A special court under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on 26 January 2022 sentenced a 48-year-old man to death for the rape of a six-year-old girl in Bihar’s Araria.
A model court has handed down death sentence to a man for burning his wife to death over a domestic dispute, Dawn reported on 26 January 2022.
A Chattogram court on 20 January 2022 sentenced a man to death for killing a woman after rape at Sitakunda upazila in Chattogram in 2017.
An antiterrorism court on 20 January 2022 awarded death sentence to a convict for murdering his wife, two minor children and a minor brother-in-law over domestic issues in 2017.
Prominent human rights defender
A Madaripur court on 24 January 2022 sentenced five people to death for killing a housewife at the Rajoir upazila of the district in 2002.
A man accused of using excessive force to steal mobile phones and some cash from two city businessmen has been sentenced to death, Nairobi News reported on 21 January 2022.
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has granted amnesty to 50 convicts serving various jail terms across the country.
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
