Executions in April 2018

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

2

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

 

Egypt

 

Indonesia

 

Iran

27

Iraq

11

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Malaysia

 

Nigeria

 

Pakistan

3

Palestine (Gaza)

 

Saudi Arabia

9

Singapore

 

Somalia

 

Sudan

 

Syria

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

52 men were executed in April, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

02/04

Saudi Arabia

Fawaz bin Nasser bin Menahi bin Rabiean al-Oteibi

Beheading (p)

Murder

03/04

Saudi Arabia

Abdullah Hawas al-Shelal

Beheading (p)

Drugs

04/04

Saudi Arabia

Muqran bin Majed bin Osman al-Oteibi

Beheading (p)

Murder

10/04

Saudi Arabia

Idi Bayu Zakaria Adiniya & Said bin Ahmed bin Hassan Kariri

Beheading (p)

Drugs

10/04

Iran

Meysam

Hanging

Murder

10/04

Pakistan

Zahid Iqbal

Hanging

Murder

10/04

Saudi Arabia

Said bin Ahmed bin Hassan Kariri

Beheading (p)

Rape

11/04

Iran

Omid Damani

Hanging

Murder

15/04

Iran

Sabah Amani

Hanging

Murder

16/04

Saudi Arabia

Shams al-Rahman Mohammed Raihan

Beheading (p)

Drugs

16/04

Iraq

11 unnamed men

Hanging

Terrorism

16/04

Iraq

2 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

17/04

Iran

Hosain Talayati

Hanging

Murder

17/04

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed bin Khaled bin Eid al-Khalidi

Beheading (p)

Murder

18/04

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed bin Aziz bin Zaban al-Arawi al-Jahni

Beheading (p)

Murder

18/04

Iran

Bahman Varmezyar and Mehdi Cheraghi

Hanging

Armed robbery

18/04

Iran

Muhammad Saleh Dulatabadi, Akbar Eftekhari & 6 unnamed

Hanging

Murder

19/04

Pakistan

Amjad Ali & Khizar Hayat

Hanging

Murder

19/04

America - Alabama

Walter Leroy Moody

Injection

Murder

23/04

Iran

Tayyeb Sheikhnejad Moukeri, Qader Mohammad Hassan, Yadollah Samadi, and Eslam Rashidi

Hanging

Murder

24/04

Iran

Mohammad Jafar Shirzad

Hanging

Murder

25/04

Iran

Reza Sheikh, Alireza Masoumi, Mohammadreza Kharratha, and Amir Khalili

Hanging

Murder

25/04

America - Texas

Erick Davila

Injection

Murder

29/04

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Rape/murder

30/04

Iran

Kiomars Nosuhi

Hanging

Drugs

30/04

Iran

Reza Salehi & Seyyed Iman Hosseini Moqaddam

Hanging

Rape

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

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