Executions in April 2008. |
Listing of verifiable
executions worldwide reported this month.
Country |
No of executions |
Afghanistan |
|
America |
|
Belarus |
|
Botswana |
|
China |
|
Egypt |
|
Iran |
16 |
Iraq |
28 |
Japan |
4 |
Jordan |
|
Kuwait |
|
Libya |
|
Malaysia |
|
North Korea |
|
Pakistan |
1 |
Saudi Arabia |
16 |
Somalia |
1 |
Sudan |
|
UAE |
|
Yemen |
2 |
Total |
68 |
68 men were executed in
April 2008, their details are as under.
Date |
Country |
Name |
Method |
Crime |
08/04 |
Saudi Arabia |
Muhammad Farouq Fadl |
Beheading (p) |
Murder |
08/04 |
Somalia |
Saeed Elmi |
Shooting (p) |
Murder |
09/04 |
Iran |
P.P |
Hanging |
Murder |
10/04 |
Japan |
Masahito Sakamoto, |
Hanging |
Murder |
10/04 |
Saudi Arabia |
Qal Moazzam Khan |
Beheading (p) |
Drugs |
11/04 |
Saudi Arabia |
Abdullah al-Qahtani |
Beheading (p) |
Drugs |
11/04 |
Iran |
Abdol-Qodus and Mohammad Yousef |
Hanging |
Murder |
12/04 |
Iran |
HH and R Sh |
Hanging |
Kidnapping & murder |
13/04 |
Iraq |
28 unnamed persons |
Hanging |
Unspecified crimes |
14/04 |
Saudi Arabia |
Mohammed Qodous and |
Beheading (p) |
Drugs |
15/04 |
Saudi Arabia |
Ayyed al-Dousary |
Beheading (p) |
Drugs |
15/04 |
Pakistan |
Waqar Ahmad Kayani |
Hanging |
Murder |
15/04 |
Iran |
Abdollah A. |
Hanging |
Murder |
16/04 |
Iran |
Rasool Mohammadi, Gholam Rahimi & Ismail Panjeh-Poor |
Hanging |
Drugs |
17/04 |
Saudi Arabia |
Mohammed bin Awadh al-Khalidi |
Beheading (p) |
Drugs |
18/04 |
Saudi Arabia |
Firas Faisal al-Aghbar &
Firas Hussein Maktabi |
Beheading (p) |
Drugs |
18/04 |
Saudi Arabia |
Abdul Rahman al-Zahrani &
Abdul Rahman al-Fifi |
Beheading (p) |
Rape |
20/04 |
Yemen |
Ismaeel Ali Ahmed Hussein &
Ahmed Abdu Ali |
Shooting |
Banditry |
22/04 |
Saudi Arabia |
Hamoud
al-Ansi |
Beheading (p) |
Murder |
22/04 |
Iran |
Hassan M. |
Hanging |
Murder |
23/04 |
Iran |
Mohammad, Ahmad, Hamid, Esfandiar, & Mohammad |
Hanging |
Murder |
25/04 |
Saudi Arabia |
Ghul Khan Arghun Shah, Zarbadan Minajan & |
Beheading (p) |
Drugs |
27/04 |
Iran |
M N & Gh. A. |
Hanging |
Drugs |
(f) = female, (j) =
juvenile, (p) = public
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