Executions in January 2014

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Abu Dhabi

 

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

6

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

China

3

Indonesia

 

Iran

58

Iraq

37

Japan

 

Kuwait

 

North Korea

 

Pakistan

 

Palestine

 

Saudi Arabia

3

Singapore

 

Sharjah

1

Somalia

1

Taiwan

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

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

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/01

Iran

Hossein Rostami

Hanging

Murder

05/01

Iran

A. J.

Hanging

Murder

06/01

Somalia

Maslah Isse Jimaan

Shooting

Murder

07/01

Iran

3 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

07/01

Iran

R. Sh. & H.

Hanging

Murder

07/01

America - Florida

Thomas Knight

Injection

 

08/01

Iran

M.

Hanging

Murder

09/01

America - Oklahoma

Michael Lee Wilson

Injection

Murder

12/01

Iran

H. R. & M. N.

Hanging

Murder

12/01

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

14/01

Saudi Arabia

Abrar Hussein Nizar Hussein & Zahid Khan Barakat

Beheading (p)

Drugs

14/01

Iran

5 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

14/01

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

14/01

Iran

Mehrdad A.

Hanging (p)

Murder

14/01

Iran

Reza Inanloo, Khalil Moradi, Mokhtar Babadi, Fariborz Moradi and Ebad Mohamadi + 7 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

15/01

Iran

Hassan S.

Hanging

Drugs

15/01

Iran

M. Y., Gh. M., Gh. R., A. N. & Gh. S.

Hanging

Drugs

15/01

China

Li Yongxin and Wei Jidong

Injection?

Drugs

16/01

America - Ohio

Dennis McGuire

Injection

Murder

17/01

Iran

R. A.

Hanging

Murder

19/01

Iraq

26 unnamed men

Hanging

Terrorism

21/01

Iran

Sajjad Pour Najaf &
Genghis Shahnavazi

Hanging

Murder

21/01

China

Li Hao

Injection?

Murder

21/01

Sharjah, UAE

Ravinda Krishna Pillai

Shooting

Murder

22/01

America - Texas

Edgar Tamayo Arias

Injection

Murder

23/01

Iran

5 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

23/01

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

23/01

Iraq

11 unnamed men

Hanging

Terrorism

23/01

America - Oklahoma

Kenneth Eugene Hogan

Injection

Murder

24/01

Iran

D. M.

Hanging

Murder

25/01

Iran

R. H., M. Sh. + 1 unnamed woman

Hanging

Drugs

25/01

Iran

Hadi Rashedi and Hashem Shabani

Hanging

Moharebeh (crime against the state)

26/01

Iran

H. Lotfi

Hanging (p)

Drugs

29/01

America - Missouri

Herbert Smulls

Injection

Murder

30/01

Saudi Arabia

Mohammad Latif

Beheading (p)

Murder

30/01

Iran

Karim Rasai, Javad Ghasem Zadeh, Hamid Islam Sokan, Rashid Keramat and Khezr Ahous

Hanging

Murder

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

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