Executions in April 2009.

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

4

Bangladesh

 

Botswana

 

China

4

Iran

8

Indonesia

 

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Libya

 

Malaysia

 

North Korea

 

Pakistan

 

Saudi Arabia

8

Singapore

 

Sudan

9

UAE

 

Yemen

1

Total

34

32 men and 2 women were executed in April 2009, their details are as under. 

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

03/04

Saudi Arabia

Salehm Dhibani

Beheading (p)

Murder

07/04

Saudi Arabia

Muhammad Akram Shafi, Muhammad Kamran Qassem and Asghar Ali Abdulaziz

Beheading (p)

Murder

08/04

China

Abdurahman Azat and Kurbanjan Hemit

Injection?

Terrorist murders

09/04

Saudi Arabia

Majed Bin Abdallah Hazzazi

Beheading (p)

Rape

10/04

Iran

Mohsen Eslamian,
Ali Asghar Pashtar and Rouzbeh Yahyazadeh

Hanging

Terrorist murders

13/04

Sudan

9 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

14/04

Saudi Arabia

Fikry Saleh

Beheading (p)

Murder

15/04

America - Texas

Michael Rosales

Injection

Murder

16/04

America - Alabama

Jimmy Lee Dill

Injection

Murder

16/04

China

Xiong Zhenlin

Injection?

Murder

17/04

Iran

Amir Kh.

Hanging

Murder

19/04

Yemen

A'isha Al-Hamzi (f)

Shooting

Murder

20/04

Saudi Arabia

Laila al-Shemmari (f)

Shooting

Murder

c20/04

Iran

Ala H. and Mostafa Kh.
Seyed Massoud M.

Hanging

Murder
Rape

21/04

Saudi Arabia

Abbas al-Sudi

Beheading (p)

Rape/murder

29/04

China

Zhang Xinlei

Shooting

Murder

30/04

America - Georgia

William Mark Mize

Injection

Murder

30/04

Iran

Bijan

Hanging

Rape

30/04

America - Texas

Derrick Lamone Johnson

Injection

Murder

(f) = female, (j) = juvenile, (p) = public

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