Executions in June 2008.

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America

6

Bahrain

1

Botswana

 

China

10

Egypt

 

Iran

18

Indonesia

2

Japan

3

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Libya

 

Malaysia

 

North Korea

 

Pakistan

 

Saudi Arabia

3

Somalia

 

Sudan

 

UAE

 

Yemen

 

Total

43

43 men were executed in June 2008, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

04/06

Bahrain

Mizan Noor Al Rahman Ayoub Mia

Shooting

Murder

04/06

AmericaGeorgia

Curtis Osborne

Injection

Murder

05/06

China

Liu Jianqiu

Injection?

Child abduction

06/06

AmericaS Carolina

David Mark Hill

Injection

Murder

09/06

Iran

Unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

10/06

Iran

Rahim Yashabadi

Hanging

Murder

10/06

Iran

Mohammad Hassanzadeh (j)

Hanging

Murder

11/06

Saudi Arabia

Khalid Assouni
Mohammed Al Bishi

Beheading (p)

Murder

11/06

America Texas

Karl Eugene Chamberlain

Injection

Murder

11/06

Iran

Kiarash, Ali Reza, Ali Akbar, Mohammad, Farhad, Abdolhamid, Ali & Ali

Hanging

Murder (5)

Rape (3)

14/06

Iran

Sadeq, Alireza, Hamid and Ismail

Hanging

Murder

16/06

Iran

Alireza Barahooi & Youness Rahmondost

Hanging

Murder

17/06

Japan

Tsutomu Miyazaki, Shinji Mutsuda & Yoshio Yamasaki

Hanging

Murder

17/06

America Oklahoma

Terry Lyn Short

Injection

Murder

19/06

Iran

Farzad

Hanging

Murder

20/06

Saudi Arabia

Thiyab Bin Thahwi al-Shammari

Beheading (p)

Murder

20/06

AmericaS Carolina

James Earl Reed

Electrocution

Murder

24/06

China

Tseng Fu-wen + 2 unnamed men

Injection?

Drugs

25/06

AmericaVirginia

Robert Stacy Yarbrough

Injection

Murder

26/06

Indonesia

Samuel Iwachekawu Okoye & Hansen Anthony Nwaoysa

Shooting

Drugs

26/06

China

Han Yongwan & Duan Biwu Gao Guoliang & Li Yongwang He Jianjun & Zhang Fuyou

Injection?

Drugs

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

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