Executions in August 2014

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Abu Dhabi

 

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

1

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

China

12

Egypt

 

Iran

69

Iraq

 

Japan

2

Kuwait

 

North Korea

 

Pakistan

 

Palestine (Gaza)

18

Saudi Arabia

24

Singapore

 

Somalia

3

Taiwan

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

124 men and 5 women were executed in August, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

03/08

Iran

Mohammad Ghaani, Bahman Kochakpour & Rostami

Hanging (p)

Rape / armed robbery

03/08

Somalia

Hassan Muheydin Hassan, Adan Mohamed &
Bashir Hassan

Shooting

Murder

04/08

Saudi Arabia

Shobah Bareer (f)

Beheading (p)

Murder

04/08

Saudi Arabia

Hamad al-Ahmadi

Beheading (p)

Murder

05/08

Saudi Arabia

Maqbul bin Madi al-Sharari
Muhammad bin Bakr Al-Alawi

Beheading (p)

Murder
Sorcery

06/08

America - Missouri

Michael Worthington

Injection

Murder

06/08

Iran

Reza Fallah
1 unnamed man

Hanging (p)
Hanging

Rape
Child sex abuse

06/08

Iran

Abdullah G., Suleiman G., Ebadallah H., & Hossein T.

Hanging (p)

Kidnapping, rape & armed robbery

06/08

China

Kim & Baek (Koreans)

Injection?

Drugs

07/08

Saudi Arabia

Awdah Ahmad Awdah Salem

Beheading (p)

Murder & rape

07/08

Iran

Hassan Cheraghalizadeh Esfehani and
Hamid Nasiri Mir-Azizi

Hanging (p)

Murder

07/08

China

Chang (Korean)

Injection?

Drugs

07/08

Iran

R. A., M. A. & A. G
K. S.

Hanging

Drugs
Murder

08/08

Saudi Arabia

Eid al-Umairi

Beheading (p)

Drugs

08/08

Saudi Arabia

Meshari bin Jahjah bin Hamed al-Hazimi al-Oteibi

Beheading (p)

Murder

09/08

Iran

Rasoulbakhsh Delshadi,
Ali Basham Narouee, and Kamran Bameri

Hanging

Murder

09/08

Iran

Osman Dahmardeh (j) +
his unnamed mother

Hanging

Murder

11/08

Saudi Arabia

Mahdi Al Ghabari

Beheading (p)

Murder

11/08

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

12/08

Iran

Y. H. & Y. R.
M. T. & Gh. H.

Hanging

Kidnapping & rape
Murder

12/08

Saudi Arabia

Safwan Hassan Hindawi

Beheading (p)

Drugs

13/08

Iran

M. Sarani

Hanging

Drugs

14/08

Saudi Arabia

Daus al-Dussari
Sultan Hussein Khadim

Beheading (p)

Murder
Drugs

17/08

Saudi Arabia

Yousuf Al Nafei &
Abdul Salam Al Ruili

Beheading (p)

Murder

18/08

Iran

Asgar Azizi

Hanging (p)

Drugs & corruption

18/08

Iran

10 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

18/08

Saudi Arabia

Hadi al-Motleq, Awad al-Motleq, Mufarraj and
Ali al-Yami

Beheading (p)

Drugs

19/08

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging (p)

Rape

19/08

Saudi Arabia

Wail al-Shehri &
Yehya bin Saad Al Shahrani

Beheading (p)

Murder

20/08

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Ayub Ajab Khan

Beheading (p)

Murder

21/08

Iran

A. N.

Hanging (p)

Murder

22/08

Saudi Arabia

Othman al-Balawi &
Fahad Al-Khalidi

Beheading (p)

Murder

22/08

China

8 unnamed men

Injection?

Terrorism

22/08

Palestine (Gaza)

16 unnamed men and two women

Shooting

Treason

23/08

Iran

Ali Reza Shahbakhsh and Noroallah Berahoui +
1
unnamed woman

Hanging

Drugs

23/08

Iran

M.P. & M. H.

Hanging

Murder

24/08

Iran

Soheil

Hanging (p)

Murder

24/08

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging (p)

Murder & robbery

25/08

Iran

M. Ganji & M. S.
3 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder
Drugs

26/08

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed bin Mansur bin Ahmed al-Taruti

Beheading (p)

Murder

26/08

Iran

Edris Hassan Zadeh,
Sajad Rezapour,
Mansour Hetdari, Mohammad Balouch, and Mehdi Hashemi.

Hanging

Drugs

27/08

Iran

Daryoush

Hanging

Murder

27/08

Saudi Arabia

Nawaf Al-Mutairi, Naji Al-Mutleq & Musa Dhafiri 

Beheading (p)

Murder

28/08

Iran

Murat Edin, Khaghani Mahmoud Abbas and Yasser Rigi

Hanging

Drugs

28/08

Iran

7 unnamed men
1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs
Murder

29/08

Japan

Mitsuhiro Kobayashi & Tsutomu Takamizawa

Hanging

Murder

29/08

China

Zhou Youping

Injection?

Murder

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

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