Executions in January 2015

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

6

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

China

2

Egypt

 

Iran

60

Indonesia

6

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Pakistan

13

Palestine (Gaza)

 

Saudi Arabia

17

Singapore

 

Somalia

 

Taiwan

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

97 men and 7 women were executed in January, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/01

Iran

A. Azizi

Hanging

Drugs

01/01

Iran

4 unnamed women &
9 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

01/01

Saudi Arabia

Malik bin Said al-Sayaari
Hussein al-Dossari

Beheading (p)

Drugs
Murder

04/01

Iran

Mehdi V, Ehsan K and Mahmood K.

Hanging (p)

Rape

06/01

Saudi Arabia

Mohammad Al Mahameed

Beheading (p)

Drugs

06/01

Iran

Saber Mokhalad Mowaneh, Sattar Alipour, Kymasy Slkhvry and Ali Eghbaljou

Hanging

Murder

07/01

Pakistan

Ghulam Shabbir and Ahmed Ali

Hanging

Terrorism

07/01

Saudi Arabia

Suwaileh al-Sahimi

Beheading (p)

Murder

08/01

Saudi Arabia

Mohammad Shahbal

Beheading (p)

Drugs

08/01

Saudi Arabia

Awida Utaibi

Beheading (p)

Murder

08/01

Iran

A. Kaymasy Salkhory

Hanging

Murder

09/01

Pakistan

Khalid Mehmood

Hanging

Terrorism

10/01

China

Yang Haijun

Injection

Murder

12/01

Saudi Arabia

Laila Bint Abdul Muttalib Basim (f)

Beheading (p)

Murder

12/01

Saudi Arabia

Mohammad Shahbal
Awida Utaibi

Beheading (p)

Drugs
Murder

12/01

Iran

Karim Alizehi,
Hasan Rahimyar and Ghader Alizehi

Hanging

Drugs

13/01

Pakistan

Bahram Khan, Zulfiqar Ali
Shahid Haneef, Talha, Khalil, Mushtaq Ahmed and Nawaz Ali (7 men)

Hanging

Murder/Terrorism

13/01

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging

Armed robbery

13/01

America - Georgia

Andrew Brannan

Injection

Murder

14/01

Iran

Mohammadreza S., Mohammad A, Davoud A, Javad M. & Mostafa F.

Hanging

Drugs

14/01

Iran

M. R.

Hanging

Rape

14/01

Saudi Arabia

Mahmoud Massih Iqbal Massih
Rakan bin Eid bin Bikheet al-Baqmi

Beheading (p)

Drugs

Murder

15/01

Pakistan

Muhammad Saeed Awan & Zahid Hussain

Hanging

Murder/Terrorism

15/01

America - Florida

Johnny Shane Kormondy

Injection

Murder

15/01

America - Oklahoma

Charles Warner

Injection

Murder

16/01

Saudi Arabia

Murdi al-Shakra

Beheading (p)

Murder

17/01

Pakistan

Ikram Lahori

Hanging

Terrorism

17/01

Iran

S. M. & A. M.

Hanging (p)

Rape

18/01

Indonesia

Ang Kim Soei, Daniel Enemuo, Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, Namaona Denis, Rani Andriani (f) & Tran Thi Bich Hanh (f)

Shooting

Drugs

19/01

Saudi Arabia

Yassir Arafat Munir Ahmed

Beheading (p)

Drugs

19/01

Saudi Arabia

Mansour Bin Awad bin Ziniegih Al Jabri

Beheading (p)

Murder

20/01

Iran

M. Q.

Hanging

Murder

21/01

Iran

Hamed, Siyavash and Ali

Hanging (p)

Murder

21/01

America - Texas

Arnold Prieto

Injection

Murder

25/01

Iran

Rahmatollah Mokhtari, Mohammad Shahriari, Ebrahim Abai, Mehri Raeisi, Mansour Behrouzi, Hassan Ramyar, Ghodratollah Roudbari, Mohammad Karim Morad, & Zehi

Hanging

Drugs

25/01

Iran

Salim Ahmed, Milad Z. & Alireza A

Hanging

Drugs

26/01

Saudi Arabia

Moussa al-Zahrani

Beheading (p)

Rape

26/01

Iran

3 unnamed men

Hanging

Rape

27/01

Iran

Morteza Ghorbani

Hanging

Armed robbery

27/01

Saudi Arabia

Latif Khan Nvrzadh, Yassir bin Hussein al-Hamza. Omar bin Yahya bin Ibrahim al-Barkati

Beheading (p)

Drugs

Incest

27/01

America - Georgia

Warren Lee Hill

Injection

Murder

27/01

Iran

B. C. Z. & A. R. A.

Hanging

Drugs

28/01

Iran

Ali Kamalvand

Hanging

Rape

28/01

Iran

Mansour Mirlohi

Hanging (p)

Armed robbery

29/01

Iran

Reza Byghm

Hanging

Drugs

29/01

America - Texas

Robert Ladd

Injection

Murder

30/01

China

Bai Yunjiang

Injection

Murder

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

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