Executions in December 2014

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

2

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

China

 

Egypt

 

Iran

51

Iraq

 

Jordan

11

Kuwait

 

Pakistan

7

Palestine (Gaza)

 

Saudi Arabia

13

Singapore

 

Somalia

3

Taiwan

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

82 men and 5 women were executed in December, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/12

Iran

Rahim Nosrallahzadeh (j)

Hanging

Murder

02/12

Iran

Yadollah Fahimi,
Mokhtar Davoudkhah &
Marziye Ostavari (f)

Hanging

Drugs

02/12

Iran

Ali Akbar Nouraddini, Alireza Ghorbani and Hossein Shahozehi

Hanging

Drugs

02/12

Iran

10 unnamed men & 1 woman

Hanging

Drugs

03/12

Saudi Arabia

Ridhwan Awadh Mohammed Awadh

Beheading (p)

Drugs

04/12

Somalia

3 unnamed men

Shooting (p)

Murder

05/12

Saudi Arabia

Awda bin Selama bin Suleiman al-Huwaiti

Beheading (p)

Drugs

09/12

Saudi Arabia

Khadija bint Mohammed Isa (f)
Nasser bin Amiq Ali al-Inzi

Beheading (p)

Murder

Drugs

09/12

America - Georgia

Robert Wayne Holsey

Injection

Murder

10/12

America - Missouri

Paul Goodwin

Injection

Murder

10/12

Iran

F. Gh. (f)

Hanging

Drugs

11/12

Iran

Morteza and Mansour
1 unnamed man

Hanging
Hanging

Rape
Murder

11/12

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Fayad Mohammed Azam

Beheading (p)

Drugs

12/12

Saudi Arabia

Carletto Lana

Beheading (p)

Murder

16/12

Saudi Arabia

Abdulrahman bin Bakheit al-Lugmani

Beheading (p)

Drugs

16/12

Saudi Arabia

Mehdi al-Mahmoud

Beheading (p)

Murder

17/12

Iran

Hamidreza Khajavi + 1 unnamed man & woman

Hanging

Murder

17/12

Iran

A. B.

Hanging

Murder

18/12

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Sadiq Hanif

Beheading (p)

Drugs

19/12

Pakistan

Aqeel Ahmed (Dr. Usman) and Arshad Mehmood

Hanging

Terrorism

21/12

Jordan

Samir Izzat Kawash, Mahmoud Walid Daghmeh, Khalid Husni Badri, Abdullah Mohammad Zayout, Saeed Fayez Talalzah, Mohammad Abdul Wahab Arami, Motaz Yousef, Ammar Ahmad, Omar Ahmad, Bader Shaheen Shakhatreh and Naem Ahmad Jaarat (11)

Hanging

Murder

21/12

Pakistan

Zubair Ahmed, Rasheed Qureshi, Ghulam Sarwar Bhatti & Akhlaque Ahmed

Hanging

Terrorism

22/12

Saudi Arabia

Suleiman bin Abdullah

Beheading (p)

Rape

22/12

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

25/12

Iran

7 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

25/12

Iran

Nahid (f)
Majid

Hanging

Murder

25/12

Saudi Arabia

Ismail Khan Sayed

Beheading (p)

Drugs

27/12

Iran

Bahram Balouchi,
Mohammad Paseban &
1 unnamed man

Hanging

Corruption on earth
Drugs

29/12

Iran

Abdul Shhly

Hanging

Murder

29/12

Saudi Arabia

Misfir bin Nasser bin Misfir Lesloom al-Yami

Beheading (p)

Murder

29/12

Iran

7 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

30/12

Iran

3 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

31/12

Pakistan

Niaz Muhammed

Hanging

Terrorism

31/12

Saudi Arabia

Sadaruddin Sayeed-ullah Sayyad

Beheading (p)

Drugs

31/12

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

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

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