Executions in January 2008.

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

China

 

Egypt

 

Iran

35

Iraq

 

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Libya

2

Malaysia

 

North Korea

 

Pakistan

1

Saudi Arabia

20

Sudan

2

Vietnam

3

Yemen

 

Total

 

59 men and 4 women were executed in January 2008, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/01

Sudan

Motassem Abdallah Khairallah & Imad Tibn

Hanging

Murder

02/01

Iran

Raheleh Zamani (f) & Ali Reza + 6 unnamed men
Abdul Qayyum & 4 unnamed men

Hanging

Hanging (p)

Murder

Drugs

02/01

Pakistan

Abdul Shakoor

Hanging

Murder

03/01

Iran

A. (no other detail given)

Hanging

Child rape

06/01

Iran

Abolfazl R.
Abolfazl M.

Hanging (p)
Hanging

Murder

08/01

Saudi Arabia

Saleh bin Ali bin Abdallah bin Hassan Bani Hamim

Beheading (p)

Murder

10/01

Iran

Mohammad Reza Sadeghirad and Ali Kord-Roudgarmi
3 unnamed men
Mojtaba & Mohammad-Hossein

Hanging

Hanging (p)

Murder
Drugs
Murder

12/01

Saudi Arabia

Yanti Irani Junu Sukardi  (f)

Beheading (p)

Murder

14/01

Saudi Arabia

Abdullah bin Hamoud bin Mashari al-Odaili

Beheading (p)

Murder

14/01

Iran

Hassan Hekmat Demir

Hanging (p)

Terrorism

15/01

Saudi Arabia

Mishari bin Musa bin Maei al-Anzi

Beheading (p)

Murder

16/01

Saudi Arabia

Adel al Huthrumi
Saudi Nashat Haji &
Iman bint Ali bin Abdo Ghazaoui (f)

Beheading (p)

Kidnap & rape

Murder

18/01

Vietnam

Tech A Lang, Du Van Quan, and Hoang Dinh Duc

Shooting

Drugs

20/01

Saudi Arabia

Abdul-Rahman al-Rasheed & Qashaan al-Sbe'ei

Beheading (p)

Drugs

20/01?

Libya

2 unnamed Ghanaian men

Shooting

Murder

22/01

Saudi Arabia

Hassan bin Al Hussein Ali Almeheisen and Abdel Razak bin Hassan Al Qatifi
Mansour bin Nasser bin Hussein Jarad (3 men)

Beheading (p)

Murder

 

Drugs

22/01

Iran

Hamed P.

Hanging (p)

Murder

23/01

Saudi Arabia

Abderrahman Ibrahim,
Abu al-Taieb al-Tahar
and Hussein Hassan (3 men)

Beheading (p)

Armed robbery

23/01

Saudi Arabia

Mohsen bin Hayef bin Naeim al-Badiri al-Moteiri

Beheading (p)

Murder

26/01

Iran

Reza Sharifi

Shooting

Child rape

28/01

Iran

Abutaleb Mohammadi-Nasab & Yazdan Karimi

Hanging (p)

Murder & rape

28/01

Iran

Unnamed man

Hanging

Bribery & corruption

29/01

Saudi Arabia

Tawa Lawal Ibrahim (f)
Gholam Omah Shah Nawaz

Beheading (p)

Drugs

30/01

Saudi Arabia

Majed bin Hassan bin Darwish bin Jaber &
Mohammed bin Bashir bin Hamid Husawi

Beheading (p)

Child rape

30/01

Iran

Faraz, Ramezan, Mohammad, Mohammad Abedi & Mohsen  (5 men)

Hanging

Murder

30/01

Iran

Zamel Bavi

Hanging

Armed insurrection

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

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