Executions in August 2016

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

 

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

1

Egypt

 

Indonesia

 

Iran

84

Iraq

47

Japan

 

Kurdistan

 

Malaysia

 

Pakistan

1

Palestine (Gaza)

 

Saudi Arabia

6

Singapore

 

Somalia

1

South Sudan

2

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

140 men and 2 women were executed in August, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

02/08

Iran

Shahram Ahmadi, Khaled Maleki, Mokhtar Rahimi, Bahman Rahimi, Kaveh Veisi and Kaveh Sharifi +
14 unnamed men

Hanging

Terrorism

03/08

Iran

Majid Nazari, Mostafa Salimzadeh, Loqman Rashidi, and Kaveh Sohrabi

Hanging

Drugs

03/08

Iran

Shahram Amiri

Hanging

Espionage

04/08

Iran

Mostafa Salimzadeh

Hanging

Murder

04/08

Iran

Loghman Rashidi and Kaveh Sohrabi

Hanging

Drugs

06/08

Iran

Mojtaba N., Majid H. and
4 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

08/08

Saudi Arabia

Hussein bin Mohammed Ahmed Hassan

Beheading (p)

Murder

09/08

Iran

Mohammad Abdollahi,

Hanging

Moharebeh

09/08

Iran

Younes Teymouri,
Seyed Razavizadeh, Jebreal Kanani, Kamran Pouraft, and Amir Azizi

Hanging

Drugs

09/08

Iran

M. R.

Hanging (p)

Rape & armed robbery

10/08

Iran

Fariborz Jalali and Gholamreza Arabderazi

Hanging

Drugs

11/08

Iran

Hossein Abdollahi

Hanging (p)

Murder

11/08

Iran

Abbas Tahmasebi

Hanging (p)

Murder

13/08

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

14/08

Somalia

Aydarus Dahir

Shooting

Murder

14/08

Iran

Hamidreza Roustasefat & Aydin Teimourzadeh

Hanging

Drugs

16/08

China

Huang Qingheng (f)

Injection

Child trafficking

16/08

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

17/08

Pakistan

Salman

Hanging

Murder

17/08

Iran

Ghais Obidawi, Ahmad Obidawi and Sajjad Balawi

Hanging

Terrorism

17/08

Iraq

4 unnamed men

Hanging

Terrorism

17/08

Iran

3 unnamed men

Hanging

Rape

18/08

Saudi Arabia

Hamed bin Mohammed bin Hussein al-Makhthala al-Qahtani

Beheading (p)

Murder

18/08

Iran

M. P. & A. A.

Hanging (p)

Rape

18/08

Iran

Reza Naruee

Hanging

Drugs

18/08

South Sudan

2 unnamed men

Shooting

Murder

21/08

Iraq

36 unnamed men

Hanging

Terrorism

21/08

Iran

Saeed Beheshtifar

Hanging (p)

Multiple wounding

21/08

Iran

Habib Jamalhezi

Hanging

Drugs?

22/08

Iran

H. Gh., M. A., H. J., A. S. and A. M.

Hanging

Drugs

24/08

Saudi Arabia

Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Maateq al-Dosari

Beheading (p)

Murder

25/08

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

25/08

Iran

4 unnamed men &
1 woman

Hanging

Drugs

25/08

Saudi Arabia

Waqyan bin Shaaf bin Hazae al-Dosari

Beheading (p)

Murder

27/08

Iran

Alireza Madadbour, Bahman Rezaei, Arman Bahrami, Alireza Asadi, Mohsen Eslami, Hossein Bayrami, Mehdi Rostami, Amir Sarkhah and Alireza Sarkhah & 3 unnamed men (12 total)

Hanging

Drugs

29/08

Saudi Arabia

Abdulrahman bin Qabih bin Maayedh al-Malki al-Bajali

Beheading (p)

Murder

30/08

Saudi Arabia

Sultan bin Dhaifullah bin Sakhri al-Anzi

Beheading (p)

Murder

31/08

Iraq

7 unnamed men

Hanging

Terrorism

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

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