Iraq on 14 December 2021 hanged three men convicted of “terrorism” offenses in a prison in the city of Nasiriyah in the mainly Shiite Muslim south, two security sources told AFP.

Sri Lanka’s cabinet has approved a proposal to amend Section 281 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to remove any uncertainty over not pronouncing the death sentence on any minor.

Iran has executed more than 60 Baloch since the beginning of 2021

In Iran, 100 marriages of children under 15 are registered every 24 hours

For drugs

Maybe 18 at the time of crime

For murder

At least 110 prisoners executed on drug charges in Iranian prisons in 2021

The Kalutara High Court on 13 December 2021 sentenced five persons to death.

A Satkhira court on 12 December 2021 awarded the death penalty to a man for murdering his wife eleven years ago.

An Egyptian court on 9 December 2021 sentenced a man to death on charges of slaughtering another on the street and parading his head before he was overpowered in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, local media reported.

The Supreme Court of India on 10 December 2021 commuted the death sentence of a convict for the murder of his two siblings and nephew over a property dispute, stating that the court should take into account the criminal's state of mind along with the crime while handing down a sentence.