Executions in January 2005.

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/01

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Amin Abdullah Jan & Mattar bin Hussein bin Bakhit al-Khazaali

Beheading (p)

Drugs

03/01

Saudi Arabia

Saleh bin Awad bin Saleh al-Harthi

Beheading (p)

Murder

04/01

AmericaTexas

James Porter

Injection

Murder

05/01

Iran

Bagher Soleimani

Hanging (p)

Murder

06/01

Pakistan

Mushtaq Ahmed and Amir Ali

Hanging

Gang rape

08/01

Vietnam

Hoang Van Chinh, Ly Ba Long
& Tran Quoc Cuong

Shooting

Murder
Drugs

10/01

Saudi Arabia

Uthai Mahanam, Bancherd Sangniam & Khan Wali Mijad Khan

Beheading (p)

Drugs

11/01

Kuwait

Ayub Shah & Usman Khan

Hanging (sp)

Drugs

12/01

China

Chen Minggang, Sun Shuangli and Liu Fagang

Injection ?

Drugs

14/01

Vietnam

Nguyen Van Van

Shooting

Murder

18/01

China

Yan Yanming

Injection ?

Multiple murder

18/01

Iran

Mehdi Rashidpour

Hanging (p)

Murder

19/01

AmericaCalifornia

Donald Beardslee

Injection

Murder

19/01

Iran

Valiollah Zareian & Davoud Bagheri

Hanging

Murder

20/01

Iran

Iman Farrokhi (j)

Hanging

Murder

25/01

America Georgia

Timothy Carr Georgia

Injection

Murder

25/01

AmericaTexas

Troy Kunkle Texas

Injection

Murder

25/01

Pakistan

Muhammad Jamil

Hanging

Murder

27/01

Pakistan

Ghulam Shabbir

Hanging

Murder

31/01

Saudi Arabia

Baghi Gul bin Omar Khan &
Murad Bin Ali Miraj

Beheading (p)

Drugs

??/01

Taiwan

Wang Chung-hsing

Injection

Murder

(f) = female, (j) = juvenile, (p) = public, (sp) semi public.
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