Executions in October 2013

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country	No of executions
Abu Dhabi
Afghanistan
America (USA)	5
Bangladesh
Belarus
Botswana
China
Indonesia
Iran	68
Iraq	42
Japan
Kuwait
North Korea
Pakistan
Palestine	1
Saudi Arabia	1
Singapore
Somalia	1
Taiwan
Vietnam
Yemen

111 men and 5 women were executed in October, their details are as under.

Date	Country	Name	Method	Crime
01/10	America - Florida	Marshall Lee Gore	Injection	Murder
02/10	Iran	1 unnamed man	Hanging	Drugs
02/10	Palestine	Hani Abu Aliyan	Hanging	Murder
03/10	Iran	3 unnamed men	Hanging	Drugs
03/10	Iran	5 unnamed men 1 unnamed man	Hanging	Drugs Murder
05/10	Iran	M. S. & A. T.	Hanging (p)	Murder
06/10	Iran	Hossein Soltani	Hanging	Murder
08/10	Iran	2 unnamed men	Hanging	Drugs
09/10	Iran	H. A.	Hanging (p)	Armed robbery
09/10	Iran	3 unnamed men	Hanging	Drugs
09/10	America - Arizona	Edward Schad	Injection	Murder
09/10	America - Texas	Michael Yowell	Injection	Murder
10/10	Saudi Arabia	Saad bin Shbat al-Subaie	Beheading (p)	Murder
10/10	Iraq	41 unnamed men & 1 woman. Executed over a 7 day period up to 10/10	Hanging	Terrorism
13/10	Iran	5 unnamed men	Hanging	Terrorism
14/10	Iran	A. F.	Hanging	Murder
15/10	America - Florida	William Happ	Injection	Murder
21/10	Iran	Nastaran Safari (f) + 6 unnamed men	Hanging	Murder Drugs
23/10	Somalia	1 unnamed man	Shooting	Murder
23/10	America - Arizona	Robert Glen Jones	Injection	Murder
26/10	Iran	16 unnamed men	Hanging	Terrorism
28/10	Iran	1 unnamed man & F. J.	Hanging	Terrorism Drugs
28/10	Iran	Yousef Rezaii	Hanging	Murder
29/10	Iran	Mitra Shahnavazi (f) Rahbar	Hanging	Murder
30/10	Iran	M. S.	Hanging	Drugs
30/10	Iran	Yadollah Mahmoudi Kamel Saeidi, Kamel Habibi, Zaki Khani, Mohammad Gorji, Mosayeb Sadati, Vali Mohammadzadeh, + 2 unnamed men and 2 women	Hanging	Murder Drugs “ “ “ “ “ “
30/10	Iran	Rahim Rashidi + 2 unnamed men	Hanging	Drugs
31/10	Iran	Peyman Ghaderi & 1 unnamed man	Hanging	Murder

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

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