Executions in May 2009.

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

5

Bangladesh

 

Botswana

 

China

2

Iran

33

Iraq

12

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Libya

 

Malaysia

 

North Korea

 

Pakistan

 

Saudi Arabia

11

Singapore

 

Sudan

 

UAE

 

Yemen

 

60 men and 3 women were executed in May 2009, their details are as under. 

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/05

Iran

Delara Darabi (f) (j)

Hanging

Murder

02/05

Iran

Abdolbaret Noorzehi
+ 8 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder
Drugs

03/05

Iraq

12 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

06/05

Iran

Zeinab Nazarzadeh, (f)
Hamid, Safarali Nasiri, and Hasanali

Hanging

Murder

06/05

Saudi Arabia

Dahel bin Hadi bin Ali Akhrash &
Mohammed bin Abdo bin Hassan al-Naami

Beheading (p)

Murder

08/05

America – S Carolina

Thomas Treshawn Ivey

Injection

Murder

08/05

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

10/05

Saudi Arabia

Aissa bin Mohammed bin Omer bin Mohammed (j)
Sultan bin Suleiman bin Muslim al-Muwallad (j)
Qassem bin Ali bin Ibrahim al-Nakhli,
Sultan bin Khaled bin Mohammed al-Muskati &
Yusef bin Hassan bin Salman al-Muwallad

Beheading (p)

Kidnapping & rape of children

11/05

Iran

Mostafa

Hanging

Murder

12/05

Iran

Abbas B.

Hanging

Murder

13/05

Iran

Azita, (f) & Mohammad

Hanging

Drugs

14/05

America - Oklahoma

Donald Gilson

Injection

Murder

14/05

America - Alabama

Willie McNair

Injection

Murder

16/05

Iran

Mahmoud

Hanging

Murder

17/05

Iran

Alireza Ch. + 1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

18/05

Iran

Ahmad A.

Hanging

Drugs

18/05

Saudi Arabia

Massud bin Ali al-Qahtani

Beheading (p)

Murder

19/05

Saudi Arabia

Abdul-Aziz bin Yahia

Beheading (p)

Murder

19/05

America - Texas

Michael Lynn Riley

Injection

Murder

20/05

America – Missouri

Dennis Skillicorn

Injection

Murder

20/05

Iran

Afsaneh (f) + 1 unnamed man
1 unnamed man
Rasoul

Hanging

Murder
Rape
Drugs

29/05

Saudi Arabia

Ahmad Adhib bin Askar al-Shamalani al-Anzi

Beheading (p)

Murder

30/05

Iran

Haji Noti Zehi, Gholam Rasoul Shai Zehi and Zabihollah Naroubi

Hanging (p)

Bombing

Unspecified

China

Liu Fuying and Sun Yulong

Injection?

Drugs

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

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