Executions in April 2021

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

 

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

 

Egypt

25

India

 

Iran

23

Iraq

 

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Malaysia

 

Nigeria

 

Pakistan

 

Qatar

 

Saudi Arabia

6

Singapore

 

Somalia

 

South Sudan

 

Taiwan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

54 men were executed in April, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/04

Saudi Arabia

Muhammad Ismail Muhammad Suleiman & Maajab bin Hazam bin Salem al Ajmi

Beheading (p)

Murder

04/04

Iran

Sadiq Mahi, Ahmed Nematwand, and Mohammed Mahmoudi

Hanging

Drugs

06/04

Iran

Hojjat Ghaed

Hanging

Murder

07/04

Saudi Arabia

Khalid bin Ali bin Dhafer al-Ahmari

Beheading (p)

Murder

08/04

Iran

Yasser Daryaee
Safar Rahimi

Hanging

Drugs

09/04

Iran

Bayazid Rashidi-Hashtiani

Hanging

Drugs

09/04

Iran

A.A. and K.H.

Hanging

Robbery/murder

09/04

Iran

Mahmoud Bayazid, Ali Mohammadzadeh, Arshad Heydari, and Hamid Najmi

Hanging

Drugs

10/04

Saudi Arabia

Muhammad bin Ahmed bin Yahya Akam, Shaher bin Isa bin Qasim Haqqawi, and Hamoud bin Ibrahim bin Ali Hazmi

Beheading (p) or shot?

High treason

11/04

Iran

Youssef Rashou Hashtian & Morteza Kabiri

Hanging

Murder

12/04

Iran

Arsalan Moradi

Hanging

Drugs

12/04

Iran

Mohsen Mahdavian Mehrdad Jalali and Ramezan Ali Shahroodi

Hanging

Murder

13/04

Iran

Mohammad Ghorban Karimi

Hanging

Drugs

14/04

Iran

Arsalan Zare
Hossein Ramezani

Hanging

Murder

15/04

Iran

Sohrab Mesgari

Hanging

Murder

26/04

Iran

Habibollah Sheikh Hosseini

Hanging

Drugs

26/04

Egypt

17 named men

Hanging

Terrorism

28/04

Egypt

8 named men

Hanging

Terrorism

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

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