Executions in May 2007.

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

America

6

Bahrain

 

Bangladesh

 

Botswana

 

China

 

Congo

 

Egypt

 

Indonesia

 

Iran

28

Iraq

 

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

1

Libya

 

Malaysia

 

Pakistan

6

Saudi Arabia

40

Singapore

 

Somalia

 

Sudan

 

Taiwan

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

Total

81

79 men and 2 women were executed in May 2007, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/05

Saudi Arabia

Abdullah bin Saleh bin Nami al-Amri al-Harbi & Bakht Iqbal Mussafer Khan

Beheading (p)

Murder
Drugs

02/05

Saudi Arabia

Shah Mohammed, Mazhar Fathel Ilahi, Ijaz Ali and Mohammed Khan

Beheading (p)

Murder and rape

03/05

Saudi Arabia

Said Bin Mohammed al-Otaibi

Beheading (p)

Murder

03/05

America – Alabama

Aaron Lee Jones

Injection

Murder

03/05

Iran

M. Salari, Z. Hashimi and
Amin A.

Hanging

Drugs

04/05

America – Indiana

David Leon Woods

Injection

Murder

05/05

Saudi Arabia

Ibnalzen al-Aseri

Beheading (p)

Murder

07/05

Saudi Arabia

Shalirm Yonha Koy &
Smnoq Mintcho Keet

Beheading (p)

Drugs

07/05

Iran

Zahra Nazari (f)

Hanging

Murder?

08/05

Saudi Arabia

Faleh bin Obeid bin Abidan al-Dahasi

Beheading (p)

Murder

08-14/05

Iran

15 unnamed men

Hanging (p)

Drugs

09/05

America – Tennessee

Philip Workman

Injection

Murder

09/05

Saudi Arabia

Khadija Bint Ibrahim Moussa (f)

Beheading (p)

Murder

09/05

Pakistan

Riaz Hussain Shah &
Nadeem Ahmed

Hanging

Murder

10/05

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Naseer Mohammed Sadiq

Beheading (p)

Drugs

11/05

Saudi Arabia

Sajad Khan Nur Qader, Lokman Achula Raji, Dheeb Ghulam Haydar and Amir Afdhal Khan Qader

Beheading (p)

Drugs

13/05

Saudi Arabia

Mufreh bin Ahmad bin Ali bin Hassan al-Missbali Assiri &
Nasser Khan Fatah Khan

Beheading (p)

Murder
Drugs

14/05

Saudi Arabia

Dakheel bin Hussein al-Nakhli, Fahd bin Jamaan al-Luhaibi, Mohammad bin Ibrahim al-Sahli & Raed bin Atallah al-Luhaibi

Beheading (p)

Rape and murder of a boy

14/05

Saudi Arabia

Hakem Rajouj Mutair al-Ziyadi & Seraj Mohammad Abdul Mohammad

Beheading (p)

Drugs

14/05

Pakistan

Arif and Zulfiqar

Hanging

Rape

15/05

Saudi Arabia

Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Abdulhadi al-Harbi &
Abu Bakr Aburat

Beheading (p)

Murder
Drugs

15/05

Iran

Mohammad Safar, Alireza & Behzad
Abdolrahman & Parviz

Hanging

Murder

Drugs

16/05

Saudi Arabia

Ali Mohammed Ali and
Adel Adam Aman
Jalal bin Ahmad bin Ali al-Marhoun

Beheading (p)

Murder
Drugs

16/05

America – Texas

Charles Edward Smith

Injection

Murder

17/05

Saudi Arabia

Layakat Ali Alf Gul &
Ghani Kal Hadret

Beheading (p)

Drugs

19/05

Saudi Arabia

Musfir bin Abdullah bin Ali al-Khuthaami

Beheading (p)

Murder

20/05

Kuwait

Khan Anwar Islam

Hanging

Drugs

21/05

Saudi Arabia

Amine Wali

Beheading (p)

Drugs

22/05

Saudi Arabia

Burhan al-Shammari &
Safwan Zuhaifi

Beheading (p)

Murder
Kidnap and rape

22/05

America – Arizona

Robert Charles Comer

Injection

Murder

23/05

Iran

Ali Khashi
Abdolhagh Askani

Hanging
Hanging (p)

Drugs
Armed robbery

23/05

Saudi Arabia

Ayesh bin Hajhouj bin Nasir al-Atawi

Beheading (p)

Drugs

24/05

America – Ohio

Christopher Newton

Injection

Murder

24/05

Saudi Arabia

Sajjad Ahmad Momtaz Khan

Beheading (p)

Drugs

28/05

Iran

S. Gh, aka Rahmatollah, Hossein Mousavi &
4 unnamed men

Hanging

Armed revolt & murder
Drugs

29/05

Saudi Arabia

Hamed bin Awadh bin Mohammed al-Harthi

Beheading (p)

Murder

31/05

Pakistan

Aslam Iqbal & Arshad Iqbal

Hanging

Murder

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

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