Executions in January 2007.

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

America

4

Bahrain

 

Bangladesh

 

Botswana

 

China

4

Congo

 

Egypt

 

Indonesia

 

Iran

17

Iraq

2

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Libya

 

Malaysia

 

Pakistan

6

Saudi Arabia

7

Singapore

2

Somalia

 

Taiwan

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

Total

42

41 men and 1 woman were executed in January 2007, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

03/01

Iran

Qadir & 2 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder & rape

03/01

Iran

Ali Sh.

Hanging

Drugs

09/01

AmericaOklahoma

Corey Duane Hamilton

Injection

Murder

09/01

Pakistan

Waheed Iqbal

Hanging

Murder

09/01

China

Chen Lizhen & 2 unnamed men

Injection?

Drugs

10/01

AmericaTexas

Carlos Granados

Injection

Murder

12/01

Pakistan

Zameer Elahi

Hanging

Murder

13/01

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder & armed robbery

14/01

Saudi Arabia

Saud bin Harbi al-Hajiri

Beheading (p)

Murder

15/01

Iraq

Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti & Awad Hamed al-Bandar

Hanging

Murder

15/01

Iran

Abbas

Hanging (p)

Murder

16/01

Pakistan

Hamidullah & Nazeer Ahmad

Hanging

Murder

16/01

Saudi Arabia

Abdullah Bin Ahmad Al Zahrani

Beheading (p)

Murder

17/01

Saudi Arabia

Nour Wali Khan Moemen &
Ali Anwar Mohammed

Beheading (p)

Drugs

17/01

AmericaTexas

Johnathan Moore

Injection

Murder

17/01

Saudi Arabia

Ali bin Mohammed bin Khilan al-Harbi

Beheading (p)

Rape

17/01

Pakistan

Sharif Chushti

Hanging

Murder

17/01

Iran

Arash & Houshang

Hanging

Murder

19/01

China

Liang Jiqian

Injection?

Murder

19/01

Pakistan

Mian Maqbool

Hanging

Murder

20/01

Iran

M.H., S.S., and Toraj Seyah-Kamari

Hanging

Murder

24/01

Iran

Khalaf Derhab Khudayrawi, Alireza Asakreh, Mohammad Jaab Pour and Abdulamir Farjallah Jaab

Hanging

Bomb attack

26/01

Singapore

Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi &
Nelson Malachy

Hanging

Drugs

28/01

Iran

Baqer Sajjadi

Hanging

Murder

29/01

Saudi Arabia

Hala bint Marzouk Al Outaibi (f)

Beheading (p)

Murder

30/01

AmericaTexas

Christopher Swift

Injection

Murder

31/01

Saudi Arabia

Khan Zadda Abdul-Qayoum
Salama bin Marzouq al- Armani & Samir bin Gazaa al-Matiri

Beheading (p)

Drugs
Armed robbery & murder

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

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