Executions in December 2007.

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

China

1

Egypt

 

Iran

23

Iraq

 

Japan

3

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Malaysia

 

North Korea

8

Pakistan

 

Saudi Arabia

2

Singapore

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

Total

36

36 men and 1 woman were executed in December 2007, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/12

Saudi Arabia

Walid bin Hussein bin Majhud al-Shehri

Beheading (p)

Murder

02/12

Iran

Yahya Madadi & Atollah Poolzehi
Hossein Safarlou

Hanging (p)

Drugs

Rape

05/12

Iran

5 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

05/12

Iran

Makvan Mouloodzadeh (j)

Hanging

Homosexual rape

05/12

North Korea

3 unnamed men

Shooting

Various political crimes

07/12

Japan

Noboru Ikemoto, Seiha Fujima, and Hiroki Fukawa

Hanging

Murder

07/12

Saudi Arabia

Mohaaam Amir Shahzadah

Beheading (p)

Drugs

08/12

North Korea

5 unnamed men

Shooting

Drugs

11/12

Iran

3 unnamed men
1 unnamed man

Hanging
Hanging (p)

Drugs

12/12

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging (p)

Murder

11/12

China

Li Bin,

Injection?

Murder

12/12

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging (p)

Murder

19/12

Iran

Qasem Yaqoubi, Reza, Erfan and Zahra N (f)

Hanging

Murder & rape
Murder

24/12

Iran

Abouzar

Hanging (p)

Murder

25/12

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

31/12

Iran

Mehdi Rigi Javan &
 Naser Hedieh Sasooli

Hanging

Drugs

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

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