Executions in July 2008.

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America

7

Bahrain

 

Botswana

 

China

18

Egypt

 

Iran

51

Indonesia

4

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Libya

 

Malaysia

 

North Korea

 

Pakistan

3

Saudi Arabia

1

Somalia

 

Sudan

 

UAE

 

Yemen

 

Total

84

83 men and 1 woman were executed in July 2008, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/07

Iran

Hamid Reza Q.

Hanging

Murder

01/07

AmericaFlorida

Mark Dean Schwab

Injection

Murder

03/07

Iran

Hamid Reza, Naqib & Reza

Hanging

Murder

09/07

China

Mukhtar Setiwaldi and Abduweli Imi

Injection?

Terrorism

10/07

Indonesia

Ahmad Suradji

Shooting

Mass murder

10/07

America Texas

Carlton Turner

Injection

Murder

10/07

Iran

4 unnamed men
Ahmad Khalaj

Hanging (p)

Murder

10/07

AmericaVirginia

Kent Jermaine Jackson

Injection

Murder

11/07

Pakistan

Zulfiqar Ali Shah

Hanging

Murder

11/07

China

Mukhtar Setiwaldi and Abduweli Imi

Injection?

Terrorism

11/07

China

10 unnamed men

Shooting

Murder/robbery/drugs

13/07

Iran

6 unnamed men

Hanging (p)

Murder

18/07

China

Chen Jinchun
Wang Jianzhang, Chen Ronghua and Zheng Meiqiu

Injection?

Murder
Drugs

18/07

Indonesia

Tubagus Muhamad Yusuf Maulana

Shooting

Murder

19/07

Indonesia

Sumiarsih (f) & Sugeng

Shooting

Murder

22/07

Iran

3 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

230/7

Saudi Arabia

Shuaib Ali Mohammed

Beheading (p)

Drugs

230/7

AmericaMississippi

Dale Leo Bishop

Injection

Murder

230/7

AmericaTexas

Derrick Sonnier

Injection

Murder

24/07

AmericaVirginia

Christopher Emmett

Injection

Murder

26/07

Iran

Nasser Hamidi +
1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

27/07

Iran

29 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder, rape, drugs etc.

29/07

Iran

Yaser K. and Mahmoud

Hanging

Murder

31/07

AmericaTexas

Larry Donnell Davis

Injection

Murder

31/07

Pakistan

Mushtaq and Akram

Hanging

Murder

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

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