Executions in August 2011

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

2

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

China

1

Dubai

 

Iran

 

Iraq

 

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Libya

 

Malaysia

 

North Korea

 

Palestine

 

Saudi Arabia

 

Singapore

 

Somalia

2

Taiwan

 

Yemen

 

5 men were executed in August, their details are as under.
(August was the month of Ramadan in the Muslim world so there were no executions in these countries.)

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

10/08

AmericaTexas

Martin Robles

Injection

Murder

18/08

AmericaVirginia

Jerry Terrell Jackson

Injection

Murder

22/08

Somalia

Abdi Kus & Abdullahi Jinow

Shooting

Murder

24/08

China

Li Lindong

Injection (?)

Murder

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

Executions in 2008
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Executions in 2009
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Executions in 2010
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Executions in 2011
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