Executions in April 2023

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

1

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

3

Egypt

 

India

 

Iran

14

Iraq

 

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Myanmar

 

Nigeria

 

Palestine

 

Qatar

 

Saudi Arabia

2

Singapore

1

Somalia

 

South Sudan

 

Syria

 

Taiwan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

19 men and 2 women were executed in April, their details are as under. 

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

04/04

Iran

Haraldin Shukri

Hanging

Murder

05/04

Iran

Yousef Juma Hosseini, Kazem Rasouli, and Ali Hossein Sadeghzadeh

Hanging

Drugs

07/04

China

Liu Dong

Injection

Murder

12/04

America - Florida

Louis Bernard Gaskin

Injection

Murder

26/04

Singapore

Tangaraju Suppiah

Hanging

Drugs

27/04

China

Zhang Weiping and Zhou Rongping

Injection

Kidnapping and selling children

29/04

Saudi Arabia

Faisal bin Badr bin Mohsen al-Shibani and Mashaal bin Hamid bin Hadhidh al-Saadi

Beheading (p)

Murder

29/04

Iran

Mahmoud Rahmani and Eid Mohammad Shadman

Hanging

Murder

29/04

Iran

Nematullah Rigi Ladiz and Abdul Sattar Shahouzahi

Hanging

Drugs

29/04

Iran

Ahmad Nikouyi

Hanging

Adultery

30/04

Iran

Gol Mohammad Naroi and 1 unnamed woman

Hanging

Murder

30/04

Iran

Mohammed Shibak, Ahl Zahedan and 1 unnamed woman

Hanging

Drugs

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

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