Executions in December 2006.

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

America

1

Bahrain

3

Bangladesh

 

Botswana

 

China

6

Congo

 

Egypt

2

Indonesia

 

Iran

26

Iraq

14

Japan

4

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Libya

 

Malaysia

 

Pakistan

1

Saudi Arabia

4

Singapore

 

Somalia

 

Taiwan

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

Total

58

57 men and 2 women were executed in December 2006, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

02/12

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging (p)

Kidnap

03/12

Iran

Taqi J. and Massoud M.

Hanging (p)

Murder

04/12

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging (p)

Murder & armed robbery

06/12

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Mayaseed & Abagan Rafik (f)

Beheading (p)

Drugs

09/12

Iran

Davoud

Hanging

Murder & rape

11/12

Bahrain

Mohammed Hanif Atta Mohammed,
Jasmine Anwar Hussain (f) &
Mohammed Hilaluddin

Shooting

Murder

12/12

Egypt

Hosni Ramadan Mahmud Ahmed, & Ramadan Abu al-Magd Azab

Hanging

Murder

12/12

Saudi Arabia

Musfir bin Mubarak bin Waljan al-Qahtani

Beheading (p)

Murder

13/12

America - Florida

Angel Nieves Diaz

Injection

Murder

13/12

Iran

Ali Mohammad A.

Hanging (p)

Murder

15/12

China

Pang Maosheng

Injection?

Murder

16/12

Saudi Arabia

Nur-eddin Ghulam Suroor

Beheading (p)

Drugs

18/12

Iran

Gholam Hazrat, Nour Ahmad, and Shah Mir

Hanging (p)

Rape

19/12

Iraq

13 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder & rape

19/12

Iran

Ali Matouri Zadeh, Malek Bani Tamim and Alireza Asakre

Hanging

Terrorism

20/12

Iran

Hassangholi, Hossein, Kheyrollah, Mohammad-Hadi, Vahid, and Yadollah

Hanging

Murder

20/12

China

Shi Yuejun

Injection?

Murder

23/12

Iran

Mohammad Sh., Changiz N. & Ali B.

Hanging (p)

Armed robbery & murder
Drugs

25/12

Japan

Yoshimitsu Akiyama, Yoshio Fujinami, Michio Fukuoka and Hiroaki Hidaka

Hanging

Murder

27/12

Pakistan

Abdul Rahim

Hanging

Murder

28/12

Iran

Amanollah
H. A.

Hanging (p)

Armed robbery
Murder

28/12

China

Qiu Xinghua

Injection?

Murder

30/12

Iraq

Saddam Hussein

Hanging

Mass murder

30/12

China

Zhou Chuanquan

Shooting

Murder

30/12

China

Lu Dongming & Lu Kuan

Injection?

Murder

31/12

China

Gong Runbo

Injection?

Murder

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

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