For other years, see Worldwide Executions 2006-2025 Index.
Below are the monthly figures for worldwide executions in 2008.
(f) = female, (j) = juvenile, (p) = public
Executions in January 2008
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for January 2008.
| Country | No. of executions |
| Iran | 35 |
| Libya | 2 |
| Pakistan | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 20 |
| Sudan | 2 |
| Vietnam | 3 |
59 men and 4 women were executed in January 2008.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 01/01 | Sudan | Motassem Abdallah Khairallah & Imad Tibn | Hanging | Murder |
| 02/01 | Iran | Raheleh Zamani (f) & Ali Reza + 6 unnamed men Abdul Qayyum & 4 unnamed men | HangingHanging (p) | MurderDrugs |
| 02/01 | Pakistan | Abdul Shakoor | Hanging | Murder |
| 03/01 | Iran | A. (no other detail given) | Hanging | Child rape |
| 06/01 | Iran | Abolfazl R. Abolfazl M. | Hanging (p) Hanging | Murder |
| 08/01 | Saudi Arabia | Saleh bin Ali bin Abdallah bin Hassan Bani Hamim | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 10/01 | Iran | Mohammad Reza Sadeghirad and Ali Kord-Roudgarmi 3 unnamed men Mojtaba & Mohammad-Hossein | HangingHanging (p) | Murder Drugs Murder |
| 12/01 | Saudi Arabia | Yanti Irani Junu Sukardi (f) | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 14/01 | Saudi Arabia | Abdullah bin Hamoud bin Mashari al-Odaili | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 14/01 | Iran | Hassan Hekmat Demir | Hanging (p) | Terrorism |
| 15/01 | Saudi Arabia | Mishari bin Musa bin Maei al-Anzi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 16/01 | Saudi Arabia | Adel al Huthrumi Saudi Nashat Haji & Iman bint Ali bin Abdo Ghazaoui (f) | Beheading (p) | Kidnap & rapeMurder |
| 18/01 | Vietnam | Tech A Lang, Du Van Quan, and Hoang Dinh Duc | Shooting | Drugs |
| 20/01 | Saudi Arabia | Abdul-Rahman al-Rasheed & Qashaan al-Sbe’ei | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 20/01? | Libya | 2 unnamed Ghanaian men | Shooting | Murder |
| 22/01 | Saudi Arabia | Hassan bin Al Hussein Ali Almeheisen and Abdel Razak bin Hassan Al Qatifi Mansour bin Nasser bin Hussein Jarad (3 men) | Beheading (p) | Murder Drugs |
| 22/01 | Iran | Hamed P. | Hanging (p) | Murder |
| 23/01 | Saudi Arabia | Abderrahman Ibrahim, Abu al-Taieb al-Tahar and Hussein Hassan (3 men) | Beheading (p) | Armed robbery |
| 23/01 | Saudi Arabia | Mohsen bin Hayef bin Naeim al-Badiri al-Moteiri | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 26/01 | Iran | Reza Sharifi | Shooting | Child rape |
| 28/01 | Iran | Abutaleb Mohammadi-Nasab & Yazdan Karimi | Hanging (p) | Murder & rape |
| 28/01 | Iran | Unnamed man | Hanging | Bribery & corruption |
| 29/01 | Saudi Arabia | Tawa Lawal Ibrahim (f) Gholam Omah Shah Nawaz | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 30/01 | Saudi Arabia | Majed bin Hassan bin Darwish bin Jaber & Mohammed bin Bashir bin Hamid Husawi | Beheading (p) | Child rape |
| 30/01 | Iran | Faraz, Ramezan, Mohammad, Mohammad Abedi & Mohsen (5 men) | Hanging | Murder |
| 30/01 | Iran | Zamel Bavi | Hanging | Armed insurrection |
Executions in February 2008
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for February 2008.
| Country | No. of executions |
| Belarus | 3 |
| China | 5+ |
| Iran | 13 |
| Japan | 3 |
| Libya | 2 |
| Pakistan | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 10 |
| Sudan | 5 |
| UAE | 1 |
46+ men were executed in February 2008. The North Korean government denies
the execution of 22 villagers, see 16/02 below.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 01/02 | China | Zhiyuan Pan | Shooting | Bank robbery |
| 01/02 | Japan | Masahiko Matsubara, Takashi Mochida, & Keishi Nago | Hanging | Murder |
| 03/02 | China | Zhendong Wong | Shooting | Economic crime |
| 03/02 | China | Dawei Zhao | Injection | Rape & murder |
| 04/02 | Saudi Arabia | Ahmed Awfi al-Khazaali Rashid Ahmed Hussein & Wasie-Ullah Khan | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| reported 05/02 | Belarus | Sergei Morozov, Valery Gorbaty & Igor Danchenko | Shooting | Murder |
| 05/02 | Saudi Arabia | Bandar bin Shabab al-Rashidi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 06/02 | Saudi Arabia | Khaled bin Atyan bin Maafa al-Daadai | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 13/02 | Saudi Arabia | Majed bin Abdullah bin Safeer | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 16/02 | Libya | Ghanaians – Kojo Blankson & Samuel Ayi Ayitevi | Shooting | Murder |
| Reported 16/02 | North Korea possible executions | 14 unnamed men and 8 unnamed women | Shooting | Treason? |
| 17/02 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Child rape murder |
| 17/02 | Saudi Arabia | Shallal al-Ameri | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 18/02 | Iran | Iraj & Omid | Hanging | Murder |
| 18/02 | Saudi Arabia | Shallal bin Munawer bin Safran al-Amri | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 19/02 | Saudi Arabia | Rashed bin Mohammed bin Said bin Rafaa | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 20/02 | Pakistan | Javed Malik | Hanging | Murder |
| 21/02 | Iran | Hassan Rezaian | Hanging (p) | Murder |
| 21/02 | Iran | 5 unnamed men | Hanging | Armed robbery |
| 21/02 | Iran | Peyman, Saber, Mohammad and Aliakbar | Hanging | Murder |
| 22/02 | China | Haiming Lee, Jianxi Xiao + others | Shooting | Murder & kidnapping |
| 22/02 | United Arab Emirates | A. H. S. | Shooting | Murder |
| 26/02 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed Bin Ali Al-Zahrany | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 26/02 | Sudan | Yaser Sayed, Esmaiel al-Hage, Ayoub Ahmed al-Misbah, Mohamed Abdalla Mustafa and Adil Bilal Daf al-Seed | Hanging | Murder |
| 26/02 | Iran | Javad Shojai (j) | Hanging | Murder |
| 27/02 | Pakistan | Iqrar Hussain & Shabbir Billa | Hanging | Murder |
| 27/02 | Saudi Arabia | Muslit bin Sultan | Beheading (p) | Murder |
Executions in March 2008
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for March 2008.
| Country | No. of executions |
| China | 13 |
| Iran | 13 |
| North Korea | 15 |
| Pakistan | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 7 |
46 men and 3 women were executed in March 2008.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 04/03 | China | Guoping He, Jianguo Tong, Longtian Yang, Bo Zhang, Dezhong Hu, Zhihua Wong, Yongjun Gong, Haibo Yang, Haibo Meng Dongmei Lee (f) | Shooting | Murder, robbery & drugs |
| 05/03 | North Korea | 13 unnamed women and 2 men | Shooting | Treason (crossing border into China in search of food) |
| 05/03 | Iran | Mirza and Akbar F | Hanging | Murder |
| 05/03 | Saudi Arabia | Abdullah al-Omari | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 05/03 | Iran | Faraz, Ramezan, Mohammad Abedi, Mohammad & Mohsen | Hanging | Murder |
| 05/03 | Iran | Safarali Nazari Ashkar, Sohbatollah Malaki & Habib Oliaei + 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 07/03 | Saudi Arabia | Mashari Bin Ali al-Balwy | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 11/03 | Saudi Arabia | Faisal al-Shammari | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 12/03 | Pakistan | Zahid Masih | Hanging | Murder |
| 16/03 | Saudi Arabia | Abdullah bin Muhammad al-Kahtani | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 21/03 | China | Xing Guoping | Shooting? | Murder |
| 23/03 | Saudi Arabia | Hazaa al-Masoud al-Qahtani | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 26/03 | Saudi Arabia | Fuad al-Akhram | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 27/03 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed bin Duhaim al-Dossari | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 31/03 | China | Ren Xiaofeng & Ma Xiangjing | Shooting? | Bank robbery |
Executions in April 2008
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for April 2008.
| Country | No. of executions |
| Iran | 16 |
| Iraq | 28 |
| Japan | 4 |
| Pakistan | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 16 |
| Somalia | 1 |
| Yemen | 2 |
68 men were executed in April 2008.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 08/04 | Saudi Arabia | Muhammad Farouq Fadl | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 08/04 | Somalia | Saeed Elmi | Shooting (p) | Murder |
| 09/04 | Iran | P.P | Hanging | Murder |
| 10/04 | Japan | Masahito Sakamoto, Kaoru Okashita, Katsuyoshi Nakamoto and Masaharu Nakamura | Hanging | Murder |
| 10/04 | Saudi Arabia | Qal Moazzam Khan Abdulla Bin Mohammed al-Subaie | Beheading (p) | Drugs Murder |
| 11/04 | Saudi Arabia | Abdullah al-Qahtani | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 11/04 | Iran | Abdol-Qodus and Mohammad Yousef | Hanging | Murder |
| 12/04 | Iran | HH and R Sh | Hanging | Kidnapping & murder |
| 13/04 | Iraq | 28 unnamed persons | Hanging | Unspecified crimes |
| 14/04 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed Qodous and Idris Abdul-Ghani | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 15/04 | Saudi Arabia | Ayyed al-Dousary | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 15/04 | Pakistan | Waqar Ahmad Kayani | Hanging | Murder |
| 15/04 | Iran | Abdollah A. | Hanging | Murder |
| 16/04 | Iran | Rasool Mohammadi, Gholam Rahimi & Ismail Panjeh-Poor | Hanging | Drugs |
| 17/04 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed bin Awadh al-Khalidi | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 18/04 | Saudi Arabia | Firas Faisal al-Aghbar & Firas Hussein Maktabi | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 18/04 | Saudi Arabia | Abdul Rahman al-Zahrani & Abdul Rahman al-Fifi | Beheading (p) | Rape |
| 20/04 | Yemen | Ismaeel Ali Ahmed Hussein & Ahmed Abdu Ali | Shooting | Banditry |
| 22/04 | Saudi Arabia | Hamoud al-Ansi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 22/04 | Iran | Hassan M. | Hanging | Murder |
| 23/04 | Iran | Mohammad, Ahmad, Hamid, Esfandiar, & Mohammad | Hanging | Murder |
| 25/04 | Saudi Arabia | Ghul Khan Arghun Shah, Zarbadan Minajan & Ibrahim Hussein al-Jarkh | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 27/04 | Iran | M N & Gh. A. | Hanging | Drugs |
Executions in May 2008
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for May 2008.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America | 3 |
| Iran | 24 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 |
36 men were executed in May 2008.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 01/05 | Saudi Arabia | Rizqar Sadajan, Ruajan Sudajar and Nayk Mohammad Malik Mohammad | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 04/05 | Iran | 3 unnamed men 9 unnamed men | Hanging | Kidnapping & rape Drugs |
| 06/05 | America – Georgia | William Earl Lynd | Injection | Murder |
| 07/05 | Iran | Hassan, Jalal, Majid & and Mahdi | Hanging | Murder |
| 11/05 | Saudi Arabia | Eid Bin Hajhouj Bin Ersan | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 11/05 | Iran | Morteza, Hadi, Javad, Hossein and Mehdi, | Hanging | Rape/murder |
| 13/05 | Saudi Arabia | Abdullah bin Hamil Hederiss al-Shemari | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 17/05 | Saudi Arabia | Juman Hussein Jalal-aldeen | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 21/05 | America – Mississippi | Earl Wesley Berry | Injection | Murder |
| 23/05 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed bin Hamad bin Saud al-Dusri | Beheading (p) | Rape & armed robbery |
| 27/05 | America – Virginia | Kevin Green Virginia | Injection | Murder |
| 27/05 | Iran | R. A. + unnamed man | Hanging | Murder |
| 28/05 | Iran | Reza | Hanging | Rape |
| 31/05 | Saudi Arabia | Faleh bin Abdullah bin Taher al-Faqiri al-Anzi and Nader bin Hamed bin Saliman al-Messaoudi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
Executions in June 2008
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for June 2008.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America | 6 |
| Bahrain | 1 |
| China | 10 |
| Iran | 18 |
| Indonesia | 2 |
| Japan | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 |
43 men were executed in June 2008.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 04/06 | Bahrain | Mizan Noor Al Rahman Ayoub Mia | Shooting | Murder |
| 04/06 | America – Georgia | Curtis Osborne | Injection | Murder |
| 05/06 | China | Liu Jianqiu | Injection? | Child abduction |
| 06/06 | America – S 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 | America – S Carolina | James Earl Reed | Electrocution | Murder |
| 24/06 | China | Tseng Fu-wen + 2 unnamed men | Injection? | Drugs |
| 25/06 | America – Virginia | 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 |
Executions in July 2008
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for July 2008.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America | 7 |
| China | 18 |
| Iran | 51 |
| Indonesia | 4 |
| Pakistan | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 |
83 men and 1 woman were executed in July 2008.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 01/07 | Iran | Hamid Reza Q. | Hanging | Murder |
| 01/07 | America – Florida | 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 | America – Virginia | 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 | America –Mississippi | Dale Leo Bishop | Injection | Murder |
| 230/7 | America – Texas | Derrick Sonnier | Injection | Murder |
| 24/07 | America – Virginia | 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 | America – Texas | Larry Donnell Davis | Injection | Murder |
| 31/07 | Pakistan | Mushtaq and Akram | Hanging | Murder |
Executions in August 2008
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for August 2008.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America | 4 |
| Iran | 26 |
| Indonesia | 1 |
| Pakistan | 4 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5 |
39 men and 1 woman were executed in August 2008.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 04/08 | Iran | Yaghoub Mirnehad and Abdolnasser Taheri | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 05/08 | America – Texas | José Ernesto Medellín | Injection | Murder |
| 06/08 | Iran | Mehdi, Javad and Ali | Hanging | Murder and drugs |
| 07/08 | America – Texas | Heliberto Chi | Injection | Murder |
| 08/08 | Indonesia | Rio “Hammer” Alek Bulo | Shooting | Murder |
| 11/08 | Iran | Gole-Mohammad Salehzehi, Rahim Baranzehi, Lal-Mohammad Zainidini & Asadollah Eshaqzehi | Hanging | Drugs |
| 12/08 | America – Texas | Leon David Dorsey IV | Injection | Murder |
| 12/08 | Pakistan | Munir Ahmed, Abbas Ali & Amanat Ali | Hanging | Murder |
| 14/08 | America – Texas | Michael Rodriguez | Injection | Murder |
| 14/08 | Iran | Hassan Sadeghpour | Hanging | Rape |
| 19/08 | Iran | Reza Hejazi (j) 4 unnamed men | Hanging | Murder Rape & drugs |
| 19/08 | Pakistan | Manzoor Ahmed | Hanging | Murder |
| 20/08 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 21/08 | Saudi Arabia | Shirzada Sahib Zada & Yusuf Khan Noor Muhammad | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 21/08 | Iran | Ali | Hanging | Murder |
| 25/08 | Iran | Bahram | Hanging | Murder |
| 26/08 | Iran | Behnam Zaree (j) | Hanging | Murder |
| 27/08 | Iran | Amin, Majid, Najaf, Vahid and Shabnam Setayesh (f) | Hanging | Murder |
| 29/08 | Saudi Arabia | Dousat Mohammed Mohammed Baksh | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 30/08 | Saudi Arabia | Hashem Dighali Suma Mala Ismail | Beheading (p) | Assault & attempted. rape |
| 30/08 | Iran | H.P.A. (1 male) | Hanging | Drugs |
| 31/08 | Saudi Arabia | Hussein Bin Saleh Mailu | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
Executions in September 2008
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for September 2008.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America | 4 |
| Botswana | 1 |
| China | 3 |
| Iran | 1 |
| Indonesia | 2 |
| Japan | 3 |
| Yemen | 1 |
15 men were executed in September 2008. September was the Muslim month of Ramadan
and there were no executions in most Arab countries.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 01/09 | Iran | Z. K. (1 man) | Hanging | Murder |
| 04/09 | China | Abduhalik Muzht | Shooting? | Murder |
| 05/09 | Indonesia | Samuel Okoye & Hansen Nwaolisa | Shooting | Drugs |
| 05/09 | China | Lt. Dai Yibiao | Shooting? | Espionage |
| 10/09 | China | Luo Yanlin, | Injection? | Multiple rape |
| 10/09 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| 11/09 | Japan | Yoshiyuki Mantani, Mineteru Yamamoto & Isamu Hirano | Hanging | Murder |
| 16/09 | America – Georgia | Jack Alderman | Injection | Murder |
| 17/09 | America – Texas | William Murray | Injection | Murder |
| 17/09 | Yemen | Birkhan Afridibar Hussein Hussein Hadi Saleh al-Tam | Shooting | Drugs Murder |
| 19/09 | Botswana | Kedisaletse Tsobane | Hanging | Murder |
| 23/09 | America – Florida | Richard Henyard | Injection | Murder |
| 25/09 | America – 0klahoma | Jesse James Cummings | Injection | Murder |
| 29/09 | Iran | Homayon Shabestari (j) | Hanging | Murder |
Executions in October 2008
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for October 2008.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America | 6 |
| China | 1 |
| Iran | 18 |
| Japan | 2 |
| North Korea | 5 |
| Saudi Arabia | 13 |
| Somalia | 1 |
40 men 6 women were executed in October 2008.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 04/10 | Iran | Nosrat | Hanging | Murder |
| 07/10 | North Korea | 5 unnamed women | Shooting | Prostitution |
| 08/10 | Saudi Arabia | Ali Bin Abdullah Bin Musfir Al-Salouli Al-Bishi | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 12/10 | Saudi Arabia | Musaed bin Attiyah al-Ruwaili & Badr bin Hmoud al-Khumaisi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 13/10 | Saudi Arabia | Hassan bin Awadh al-Bariqi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 13/10 | Iran | Shahram Eyvani, Ramezan Rafei and Sasan Dogoshkani | Hanging | Murder |
| 14/10 | Iran | Omid Kh. | Hanging | Murder |
| 14/10 | America – Georgia | Richard Cooey | Injection | Murder |
| 14/10 | America – Texas | Alvin Kelly | Injection | Murder |
| 14/10 | Saudi Arabia | Venancio Ladion Fahd al-Shadoukhey | Beheading (p) | Murder Rape |
| 15/10 | Iran | M. Gh. | Hanging | Murder |
| 16/10 | Saudi Arabia | Fatin bin Fallaj al-Shibani al-Otaybi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 16/10 | America – Texas | Kevin Watts | Injection | Murder |
| 17/10 | Saudi Arabia | Dia al-Haq Sahib al-Haq and Sadiq Shah Hazrat Shah | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 20/10 | Iran | 4 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 21/10 | Iran | Qanbar Kelari | Hanging (p) | Drugs |
| 21/10 | Saudi Arabia | Omar Bin Abid Wakdani and Fawzi bin Abd al-Badi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 21/10 | America – Texas | Joseph Ries | Injection | Murder |
| 22/10 | Saudi Arabia | Omar bin Abid Wakdani | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 23/10 | China | Li Litian | Injection? | Murder |
| 23/10 | Iran | Zamarud Mir, Watan Yar, Samir Mirza + 1 unnamed | Hanging | Drugs |
| 27/10 | Somalia | Aisho Ibrahim Dhuhulow (j/f) * | Stoning | Adultery |
| 27/10 | Japan | Michitoshi Kuma & Masahiro Takashio | Hanging | Murder |
| 27/10 | Iran | A. M. and Kh. N. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 28/10 | America – Texas | Eric Nenno | Injection | Murder |
| 29/10 | Iran | Gholamreza Saeedi (j) | Hanging | Murder |
| 30/10 | America – Texas | Gregory Wright | Injection | Murder |
| 31/10 | Saudi Arabia | Abdullah Mehnishi | Beheading (p) | Rape |
* the stoning to death of 13 year old Aisho Ibrahim Dhuhulow was a quasi-judicial execution carried out by Islamist insurgents.
Executions in November 2008
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for November 2008.
| Country | No. of executions |
| Afghanistan | 5 |
| America | 6 |
| China | 4 |
| Iran | 25 |
| Indonesia | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 8 |
50 men and 1 woman were executed in November 2008.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 03/11 | Saudi Arabia | Abdullah Suleiman | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 06/11 | America – Texas | Elkie Lee Taylor | Injection | Murder |
| 07/11 | Saudi Arabia | Saad bin Fhaid al-Sebaiei | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 07/11 | Iran | Ali and Hassan | Hanging | Murder |
| 09/11 | Indonesia | Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and Ali Ghufron | Shooting | Bali Bombers |
| 09/11 | Iran | Ali and Hassan + 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Kidnapping |
| 09/11 | Saudi Arabia | Khaled bin Abdul Aziz al-Bazei | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 10/11 | Saudi Arabia | Abbad bin Abed Hasnani | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 11/11 | Afghanistan | 5 unnamed men | Hanging | Murder, rape |
| 12/11 | America – Texas | George Whitaker III | Injection | Murder |
| 12/11 | Saudi Arabia | Ibrahim Mohammad Ali Ibrahim | Beheading (p) | Rape |
| 13/11 | Iran | Parviz K. and Afrasiab N. | Hanging | Murder |
| 13/11 | America – Texas | Denard Manns | Injection | Murder |
| 17/11 | Iran | Ali Ashtari | Hanging | Espionage |
| 18/11 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed bin Faris bin Fatnan al-Muteiri & Salman bin Salim bin Khaled Sheqama | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 19/11 | America – Ohio | Gregory Bryant-Bey | Injection | Murder |
| 20/11 | America – Texas | Robert Jean Hudson | Injection | Murder |
| 21/11 | America – Kentucky | Marco Allen Chapman | Injection | Murder |
| 22/11 | Iran | Majid | Hanging | Drugs |
| 24/11 | Iran | Hossein Nahtani, Abdollah Dahmardeh & Mohammad Barahoui | Hanging | Drugs |
| 25/11 | Iran | Mohammad B. | Hanging | Murder |
| 26/11 | China | Yang Jia | Injection | Murder |
| 26/11 | Iran | Fatemeh Haqiqat-Pajuh (f) + 9 unnamed men | Hanging | Murder |
| 26/11 | China | Wang Zhendong | Injection | Fraud |
| 28/11 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed Karim bin Tawari al-Anzi & Ali Sadeq Nizal al-Khaledi | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 28/11 | China | Wo Weihan & Guo Wanjun | Shooting | Espionage |
| 30/11 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
Executions in December 2008
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for December 2008.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America | 1 |
| Bangladesh | 2 |
| Iran | 31 |
| Saudi Arabia | 8 |
| St. Kitts & Nevis | 1 |
| Singapore | 1 |
43 men and 1 woman were executed in December 2008.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 03/12 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Murder |
| 05/12 | America – S Carolina | Joseph Gardner | Injection | Murder |
| 06/12 | Iran | P.D., M.M. and V.A.R | Hanging | Drugs |
| 07/12 | Iran | Abbas | Hanging | Murder |
| 07/12 | Iran | Baba-Ahmadi, Shahab Shahabi & A.D. | Hanging | Drug and other crimes |
| 13/12 | Iran | Zahed Saleh-Abadi & Mohammad Amin Barahouni + M.S.H. | Hanging | Murder |
| 13/12 | Saudi Arabia | Zamim bin Sarawi al-Asiri | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 17/12 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed al-Saadi Abdullah Ruil | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 19/12 | Singapore | Mohammed Ali Johari | Hanging | Murder |
| 19/12 | St Kitts | Charles Elroy Laplace | Hanging | Murder |
| 20/12 | Iran | Mohammad Reza & Hamid, Alireza Hossein and Esmail | Hanging | Rape ”Corrupt on earth” Drugs |
| 20/12 | Saudi Arabia | Obeid Bin Saeed Al Qahtani | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 21/12 | Saudi Arabia | Jassim al-Bahrani | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 21/12 | Bangladesh | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Murder |
| 23/12 | Iran | 8 unnamed men Tayyabeh (f) | Hanging | Murder |
| 25/12 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Murder |
| 26/12 | Saudi Arabia | Nasser al-Harby & Majid al-Sibeiy | Beheading (p) | Rape |
| 27/12 | Iran | Alireza | Hanging | Murder |
| 27/12 | Saudi Arabia | Abdullah bin Hamed bin Umran al-Anzi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 28/12 | Iran | Abdolrahman Baluch Zehi | Hanging (p) | Murder |
| 29/12 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed al-Sehimi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 30/12 | Iran | Hoshang Kh., Ahmad Zare’e (j) | Hanging | Murder |
In addition two men were stoned to death for adultery in Iran in mid December.
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