Executions in August 2015

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

1

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

10

China

 

Egypt

 

Indonesia

 

Iran

66

India

 

Japan

 

Kurdistan

3

Pakistan

15

Palestine (Gaza)

 

Saudi Arabia

20

Singapore

 

Somalia

1

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

113 men and 3 women were executed in August, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/08

Iran

S.J. and M. M.
M. P.

Hanging

Drugs
Murder

03/08

Saudi Arabia

Mugrib al-Thanyan

Beheading (p)

Murder

03/08

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging (p)

Drugs

04/08

Iran

3 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

04/08

Pakistan

Shafqat Hussain, Laghir Maseeh & Ghulam Rasool

Hanging

Murder

05/08

Pakistan

Waqar Ahmad, Amaanullah Khan, Muhammad Riaz Khan and Muhammad Mumtaz Khan

Hanging

Murder

05/08

Iran

4 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

05/08

Saudi Arabia

Argawi Aldo Heilan, Meriam Hadish Zel Alam and Mushasha Harisi

Beheading (p)

Murder

05/08

Saudi Arabia

Esmat Sharif Asmat Hayat

Beheading (p)

Drugs

06/08

Pakistan

Shafaqat and Inamullah
Tariq

Hanging

Murder

06/08

Iran

R.K. and M.R.

Hanging

Armed robbery

06/08

Iran

Z. P.

Hanging

Murder

08/08

Iran

Sirvan Nezhavi

Hanging

Mohareb

09/08

Iran

R. B. & A. N.

Hanging (p)

Rape

10/08

Iran

Fatemeh Haddadi (f)

Hanging

Murder

10/08

Saudi Arabia

Saleh Al Zahrani

Beheading (p)

Murder

12/08

Saudi Arabia

Omar al-Nasser

Beheading (p)

Drugs

12/08

America - Texas

Daniel Lee Lopez (v)

Injection

Murder

12/08

Kurdistan

Farhad Jaafar Mahmood and wives Khuncha Hassan (f) Ismaeil and Berivan Haider Karim (f)

Hanging

Murder

13/08

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

16/08

Iran

Omar Parastandeh Khial

Hanging

Drugs

17/08

Iran

Hussain Karimi, Siyamak Fadai, Zaher Omredin, Vazir Ahmad Omredin, Amir-Hussain Abdul-Khalegh, Mansour Mehdizadeh, Gholam Fayezi & 4 unnamed men (11)

Hanging

Drugs

17/08

Saudi Arabia

Gayantha Uditha Nanayakkara, Thushara Dinesh Perera, Nilantha Bandara Tennakoon &
Jamaa Abdulhamid Ahmad Ali

Beheading (p)

Murder

18/08

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging (p)

Rape

19/08

Pakistan

Amjad Ali & Abdul Qayyum

Hanging

Murder

20/08

Iran

Safdar, Parviz, Yavar &
2 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

20/08

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Taher Al-Marauei

Beheading (p)

Murder

20/08

Saudi Arabia

Eisa Saleh Hassan and
Ishaq Eisa Ahmad

Beheading (p)

Terrorist murder

20/08

Somalia

Mohamed Ali Aden

Shooting

Murder

22/08

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

22/08

Iran

Hamed Madeh Moghadar

Hanging

Drugs

23/08

Iran

R. F., M. M. & A. M.

Hanging

Murder

25/08

Pakistan

Zulfiqar

Hanging

Murder

25/08

Iran

Hossein Karimi

Hanging

Drugs

26/08

Pakistan

Shahid Mehmood & Tajammal

Hanging

Murder

26/08

Iran

Behrouz Alkhani

Hanging

Terrorism

26/08

Iran

Davoud Amazadeh

Hanging

Murder

26/08

Iran

5 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder (2) Drugs (3)

26/08

Saudi Arabia

Nawaf al-Otaibi, Bandar al-Ghathim and Abdulaziz Mohammed al-Zahrani

Beheading (p)

Murder

26/08

Saudi Arabia

Ezzeddine al-Saleh

Beheading (p)

Drugs

27/08

Iran

Jamal Jafari

Hanging

Murder

27/08

Pakistan

Maqbool Hussain

Hanging

Murder

27/08

Iran

Behrouz Nouri, Shah Bakhshihaghi +
7 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

27/08

Saudi Arabia

Zulfiqar Ali Mohammed

Beheading (p)

Drugs

29/08

Chad

Mahamat Mustapha and
9 unnamed men

Shooting

Terrorism

29/08

Iran

A. Z.

Hanging (p)

Murder

30/08

Saudi Arabia

Mohammad Sharif

Beheading (p)

Drugs

30/08

Iran

A. F.

Hanging

Drugs

31/08

Iran

Mostajab Pourmohammad

Hanging

Murder

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

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