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.
