Executions in April 2024

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

2

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

1

Egypt

 

India

 

Iran

70

Iraq

11

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Myanmar

 

Nigeria

 

Palestine

 

Qatar

 

Saudi Arabia

12

Singapore

 

Somalia

 

Sudan

 

Syria

 

Taiwan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

93 men and 3 women were executed in April, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

04/04

America- Oklahoma

Michael Dewayne Smith

Injection

Murder

05/04

Iran

Hasan Ali Mirzania &
Yadaleh Talebund

Hanging

Murder

09/04

America- Missouri

Brian Dorsey

Injection

Murder

09/04

Iran

Alireza Marzban

Hanging

Murder

11/04

Iran

Ismail Hassaniani, and Marjan Hajizadeh (f)

Hanging

Drugs

13/04

Iran

Abuzar Salem &
Asghar Tabrizin

Hanging

Murder

14/04

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

15/04

Iran

Qasim Nasrullah Zadeh, Ali Ahmadi, Javad Beigi, Behrouz Namdar and Mustafa Abdi

Hanging

Drugs

16/04

Iran

Afshin Bagh Shirin

Hanging

Drugs

17/04

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Terrorism

17/04

Iran

Sadegh Tajik,
Waliullah Bakhtawar
and 1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

17/04

Iran

Faramarz Tayeb Bakhsh

Hanging

Rape

17/04

Saudi Arabia

Basil bin Suhail bin Sahu Al-Otaibi

Beheading (p)

Murder

19/04

China

Wen Quingyun

Injection

Murder

19/04

Iran

Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani and Ibrahim Noorzahi

Hanging

Drugs

19/04

Iran

Fariborz Dadgar

Hanging

Drugs

20/04

Saudi Arabia

Abdullah bin Maqbal bin Awadh al-Sayaari

Beheading (p)

Murder

21/04

Iran

Ahmedreza Miri, Shamsuddin Keshan, Shaukat Shah Bakhsh, Said Jadgal and Muhammad  Anjam Rooz
+ 2 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

21/04

Iran

Abdulbari Pashto and Alireza Pourshahbaz,  Ismail Ismailzadeh, Mohammad Amin Mohammadpour and
1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

21/04

Saudi Arabia

Abdullah bin Maqbal bin Awadh al-Sayaari and Buthitiyaki Hindi Singhtasashu Andraratan

Beheading (p)

Murder

22/04

Saudi Arabia

Abdul Rahman bin Sayer bin Abdullah Al-Shammari

Beheading (p)

Treason

22/04

Saudi Arabia

Hamed bin Fayez bin Hamed al-Kabiri al-Ghamdi

Beheading (p)

Murder

22/04

Iraq

11 unnamed men

Hanging

Terrorism

23/04

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed bin Madallah bin al-Khamil al-Ruwaili

Beheading (p)

Murder

23/04

Iran

Hossein Ali Sobhani

Hanging

Drugs

23/04

Iran

Javad Asgari and
Ali Reza Aghaei

Hanging

Murder

24/04

Iran

Shahram Sharqi, Pezhman Azizi and
Yavor Aminkhah

Hanging

Drugs

25/04

Iran

Farzad Khademi

Hanging

Murder

25/04

Iran

Soraya Mohammadi (f), Javad Askari and 2 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

27/04

Iran

Iraj Sanambari,
Amir Moharrami,
Dawood Namiari and Sohrab Hakkamabad

Hanging

Drugs

27/04

Saudi Arabia

Noman bin Afat bin Mudhi Al-Dhafiri

Beheading (p)

Terrorism

27/04

Saudi Arabia

Hussein bin Nasser bin Mahdi al-Qahtani

Beheading (p)

Murder

28/04

Iran

Rashed Balochi, Behnam Khakpour, Payam Farazande and
Reza Shahsundi

Hanging

Murder

28/04

Iran

Mansour Naroi, Hossein Tawana Kodiani, Taleb Akbari, and Reza Masrour

Hanging

Murder

28/04

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed bin Anad bin Mashail al Fariji al-Ruwaili

Beheading (p)

Murder

29/04

Iran

Deen Mohammad Mirakhani
and 2 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

29/04

Saudi Arabia

Saudi bin Mohammed bin Hamed al-Qahtani

Beheading (p)

Murder

30/04

Iran

Alireza Sargolzaei, Mahdi Ashtrak, Mohammad Shah Bakhsh and Mahmoud Gergij + 1 unnamed (f)

Hanging

Drugs

30/04

Iran

Moussi Fazli,
Faramarz Moradi

Hanging

Murder

30/04

Saudi Arabia

Yassir bin Nazal bin Atiq al-Ruwaili

Beheading (p)

Murder

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

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