Executions in August 2021

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

 

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

 

Egypt

1

India

 

Iran

21

Iraq

6

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Malaysia

 

Nigeria

 

Pakistan

 

Qatar

 

Saudi Arabia

6

Singapore

 

Somalia

 

South Sudan

 

Taiwan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

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

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/08

Iran

Hassan and Ali

Hanging

Murder

02/08

Iran

Sepehr Abbasnejad, Eskandar Zare and Hamzeh Rezaei

Hanging

Drugs

03/08

Saudi Arabia

Ahmed bin Said bin Ali al-Janabi

Beheading (p)

Rebellion

04/08

Saudi Arabia

Ahmed Mohammed Awdh al-Olaimi and Nabil Hussein Yahya al-Faqih

Beheading (p)

Murder

05/08

Iran

Farzad Afsardeh

Hanging

Murder

05/08

Iran

Arsalan Karimi

Hanging

Drugs

08/08

Iran

Mohammad Hassani-Kiazehi and Majid Golebacheh

Hanging

Drugs

08/08

Iran

Zabihullah Hormozi and Seyyed Ismail Kordtamini

Hanging

Drugs

09/08

Iran

Afshar Minayi

Hanging

Murder

09/08

Iran

Ebrahim Ghanbarzehi, Nabi Notizehi and Zabiollah Hormozi

Hanging

Drugs

09/08

Iran

Afshar Minaei and Massoud Esfandiari

Hanging

Murder

10/08

Iran

Mohammad Hassani-Kiazehi

Hanging

Drugs

11/08

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

17/08

Saudi Arabia

Ibrahim bin Ahmed bin Ali Al Hussein

Beheading (p)

Murder

18/08

Egypt

R.

Hanging

Murder

19/08

Saudi Arabia

Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Saad Al-Maliki

Beheading (p)

Murder

24/08

Iran

Amir Ali Hosseini

Hanging

Murder

25/08

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Salim Ahmed al-Sharari

Beheading (p)

Murder

27/08

Iran

Mansour Kahrazehi

Hanging

Murder

30/08

Iraq

3 unnamed men

Hanging

Terrorism

30/08

Iraq

3 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

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

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