Executions in April 2013

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Abu Dhabi

 

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

4

Bangladesh

1

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

China

 

Indonesia

 

Iran

40

Iraq

32

Japan

2

Kuwait

3

Pakistan

 

Saudi Arabia

7

Singapore

 

Somalia

13

Taiwan

6

Yemen

 

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

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/04

Kuwait

Faisal Al Utaibi, Pervez Ghulam & Dhaher Al Utaibi

Hanging

Murder

01/04

Saudi Arabia

Abderrahman al-Qahtani

Beheading (p)

Murder

01/04

Iraq

Munaf Abdul Rahim al-Rawi + 3 unnamed men

Hanging

Terrorism

06/04

Saudi Arabia

Saud bin Diri al-Anezi

Beheading (p)

Murder

07/04

Iraq

7 unnamed men

Hanging

Terrorism

08/04

Iran

Hamid

Hanging

Murder

09/04

Saudi Arabia

Talal bin Fayez al-Shemmari

Beheading (p)

Murder

09/04

America - Texas

Rickey Lynn Lewis

Injection

Murder

10/04

Iran

Omid Shojaii

Hanging

Murder

10/04

America - Florida

Larry Eugene Mann

Injection

Murder

11/04

Saudi Arabia

Ali al-Saeedi

Beheading (p)

Murder

12/04

Saudi Arabia

Amjad Ali Gul

Beheading (p)

Drugs

14/04

Saudi Arabia

Sultan bin Rashid al-Mutairi

Beheading (p)

Murder

15/04

Iraq

21 unnamed men

Hanging

Terrorism

16/04

Iran

6 unnamed men

3 unnamed men

Hanging (p)

Hanging

Armed robbery (5)
Rape (1)
Armed robbery

16/04

America - Texas

Ronnie Threadgill

Injection

Murder

17/04

Iran

2 unnamed men
2 unnamed men

Hanging

Rape
Murder

17/04

Iran

1 unnamed man
2 unnamed men
2 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs
Rape
Murder

18/04

Taiwan

Gi Gen-yi, Li Gia-shun, Chen Dong-zon, Chen Rei-chin, Lin Gin-de and Chang Bao-shun

Shooting

Murder

20/04

Iran

Sardashti Jaafar, Abdul Ghani, Abbas Karimi, Kashmir Alyzhy and
Iqbal Shhbkhsh

Hanging

Drugs

22/04

Iran

2 unnamed men &
2 unnamed women

Hanging

Drugs

22/04

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging

Rape

22/04

Saudi Arabia

Mohammad ben Ali al-Alawi

Beheading (p)

Murder

24/04

Bangladesh

Mohammad Saleh Nur

Hanging

Murder

24/04

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging

Rape

25/04

Iran

Nazmi Abbasnejad

Hanging

Drugs

25/04

America - Texas

Richard Cobb

Injection

Murder

26/04

Japan

Katsuji Hamasaki, & Yoshihide Miyagi

Hanging

Murder

26/04

Iran

4 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

28/04

Iran

Ghassem B. and Hadi Kh.

Hanging

Drugs

28/04

Iran

S. A.

Hanging (p)

Rape

29/04

Somalia

12 unnamed men & 1 woman

Shooting

Murder & terrorism

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

Executions in 2008
January February March April May June July August September October November December

Executions in 2009
January February March April May June July August September October November December

Executions in 2010
January February March April May June July August September October November December

Executions in 2011
January February March April May June July August September October November December

Executions in 2012
January February March April May June July August September October November December

Executions in 2013
January February March

Back to Contents Page