|
Executions in December 2009. |
Listing of verifiable
executions worldwide reported this month.
|
Country |
No of executions |
|
Afghanistan |
|
|
America (USA) |
4 |
|
Bangladesh |
|
|
Botswana |
1 |
|
China |
4 |
|
Iran |
14 |
|
Iraq |
|
|
Japan |
|
|
Jordan |
|
|
Kuwait |
|
|
Libya |
|
|
Malaysia |
|
|
North Korea |
|
|
Pakistan |
|
|
Saudi Arabia |
3 |
|
Singapore |
|
|
Sudan |
|
|
Thailand |
|
|
Yemen |
|
25 men (1 juvenile) and 1 woman
were executed in December 2009, their details are as under.
|
|
Country |
Name |
Method |
Crime |
|
02/12 |
America – Tennessee |
Cecil Johnson |
Injection |
Murder |
|
03/12 |
America – Texas |
Bobby Wayne Woods |
Injection |
Murder |
|
07/12 |
Saudi Arabia |
Mohammed Bin Basheer Bin Saoud Al-Shamari |
Beheading (p) |
Murder/rape of children |
|
07/12 |
Iran |
Unnamed man |
Hanging (p) |
Murder |
|
08/12 |
China |
Yang Yanming |
Injection |
Embezzlement |
|
08/12 |
America – Ohio |
Kenneth Biros |
Injection |
Murder |
|
11/12 |
America – Indiana |
Matthew Eric Wrinkles |
Injection |
Murder |
|
11/12 |
China |
Zhao Qingmei (f) |
Injection? |
Child prostitution |
|
13/12 |
Iran |
Hamad Kh. |
Hanging (p) |
Armed robbery |
|
14/12 |
Iran |
Mohammad Sadeq |
Hanging (p) |
Murder |
|
17/12 |
Iran |
Mosleh Zamani (j) + |
Hanging |
Rape |
|
18/12 |
Botswana |
Gerald Dube |
Hanging |
Murder |
|
19/12 |
Iran |
Omid A |
Hanging |
Drugs |
|
21/12 |
Saudi Arabia |
Khaled bin Saleh al-Owfi |
Beheading (p) |
Murder |
|
22/12 |
China |
Wang Xingping |
Injection? |
Murder & gang crimes |
|
22/12 |
Iran |
Esmail Fathipour and Mohammad Esfandiarpour |
Hanging |
Armed robbery |
|
27/12 |
Saudi Arabia |
Suleiman bin Ali |
Beheading (p) |
Rape |
|
29/11 |
China |
Akmal Shaikh |
Injection |
Drugs |
|
29/11 |
Iran |
Qodrat, Khan Mohammad and Mostafa |
Hanging |
Drugs |
(f) = female, (j) =
juvenile, (p) = public
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