Executions in December 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

46

Iraq

7

Japan

2

Kuwait

 

North Korea

8

Pakistan

 

Palestine

 

Saudi Arabia

5

Singapore

 

Sudan

 

Taiwan

 

Vietnam

1

Yemen

 

74 men were executed in December, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/12

Iran

R. N., K. S., & H. D.
P.G. & M. B.

Hanging

Drugs
Kidnapping & murder

02/12

Iran

Ghazi Abbasi, Abdul-Reza Amir-Khanafereh, Abdul-Amir Mojaddami and Jasim Moghaddam Payam

Hanging

Terrorism

03/12

America - Texas

Jerry Martin

Injection

Murder

05/12

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

06/12

Iran

S. Ahmad & Ibrahim Abdullahi

Hanging

Rape

08/12

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Zayer Khan Qol

Beheading (p)

Drugs

10/12

Saudi Arabia

Hasan Ghazwani

Beheading (p)

Incest

10/12

Saudi Arabia

Sherab al-Din-Kul Jam

Beheading (p)

Drugs

10/12

America - Oklahoma

Ronald Clinton Lott

Injection

Murder

11/12

Iran

7 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

11/12

America - Missouri

Allen Nicklasson

Injection

Murder

12/12

Japan

Ryoji Kagayama &
Akira Morinaga

Hanging

Murder

12/12

North Korea

Jang Song-Thaek +
7 unnamed men

Shooting

Treason

12/12

Bangladesh

Abdul Quader Mollah

Hanging

War crimes

14/12

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

15/12

Iran

Latif Faizollahi

Hanging

Murder

16/12

Vietnam

Tran Quoc Tuan

Injection

Murder

17/12

Saudi Arabia

Hasan Mahmud al-Bash

Beheading (p)

Drugs

17/12

America - Oklahoma

Johnny Dale Black

Injection

Murder

17/12

Iran

Nasser Gomshadzehi and Mehdi

Hanging

Murder

18/12

Iran

Iraj Nasiri, A. Shakouri, and Genghis Salehi

Hanging

Murder

19/12

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

19/12

Iran

Y. D. & M. H.

Hanging

Rape

19/12

Iraq

7 unnamed men

Hanging

Terrorism

20/12

Saudi Arabia

Anad al-Amrani

Beheading (p)

Drugs

20/12

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

21/12

Iran

Ali Mujtaba Timurid

Hanging

Murder

25/12

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

26/12

Iran

Ali Agha Zarei and Rasoul Karimi + 4 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

27/12

Iran

M. Qizilbash, Hiva Mzhdhay, Mehdi Hassan & Bakers Aqajani

Hanging

Murder

31/12

Saudi Arabia

Zufar Iqbal Mohammed Khan

Beheading (p)

Drugs

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

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