Executions in August 2005.

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

America

5

Bangladesh

0

China

1

Iran

12

Iraq

0

Libya

0

Pakistan

6

Saudi Arabia

4

Vietnam

6

Total

34

34 men were executed in August 2005, their details are as under :

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

02/08

Pakistan

Iqbal Bali

Hanging

Murder

04/08

AmericaAlabama

George Sibley Jr.

Injection

Murder

05/08

Vietnam

5 unnamed men

Shooting

Drugs & murder

08/08

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed bin Ali Najmi
Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Said al-Sinani al-Jahni

Beheading (p)

Murder

09/08

Iran

Hamid Reza, Nosratollah & Reza

Hanging

Drugs

10/08

AmericaTexas

Gary Sterling

Injection

Murder

11/08

AmericaOklahoma

Kenneth Eugene Turrentine

Injection

Murder

11/08

Iran

"The Runaway Shadow"

Hanging

Murder

12/08

China

Guo Xinshun

Injection?

Arson/murder

14/08

Iran

Mehdi

Hanging (p)

Murder

16/08

Iran

Unnamed man

Hanging (p)

Murder

16/08

Vietnam

Tran Van Binh & Le The Than

Shooting

Murder

17/08

Saudi Arabia

Abdel Salam al-Shumari

Beheading (p)

Murder

17/08

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed bin Hamed bin Muttalaq al-Siyaari and Mohammed bin Said bin Mataab al-Albalad al-Qahtani

Beheading (p)

Drugs

17/08

Vietnam

Nguyen Le Duy Linh

Shooting

Murder

18/08

Iran

Farshid Farighi

Hanging

Murder

18/08

Vietnam

Duong Van Hung, & Nguyen Khac Diep

Shooting

Drugs/Murder

20/08

Pakistan

Islamuddin Siddiqui

Hanging

Conspiracy to murder

21/08

Iran

Mousa Mohsenipour

Hanging

Armed robbery/drugs

23/08

AmericaTexas

Robert Alan Shields

Injection

Murder

24/08

Iran

AP and BK,
HK and HJ (possibly juveniles)

Hanging (p)

Rape & burglary
Kidnap & rape

24/08

Pakistan

Muhammad Asghar, Ahmad Sher & Falak Sher

Hanging

Murder

24/08

Pakistan

Abdul Ghaffar

Hanging

Murder

31/08

AmericaMissouri

Timothy Johnston

Injection

Murder

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