Executions in December 2016

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

2

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

1

Egypt

1

Indonesia

 

Iran

29

Iraq

 

Japan

 

Kurdistan

 

Malaysia

 

Nigeria

3

Pakistan

1

Palestine (Gaza)

 

Saudi Arabia

5

Singapore

 

Somalia

 

South Sudan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

42 men were executed in December, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

04/12

Iran

Nemat Rahman Garmi

Hanging

Murder

06/12

America - Georgia

William Sallie

Injection

Murder

06/12

Iran

Ali Akbar Karami

Hanging

Murder

07/12

Iran

Ali Chartagh & K. N.

Hanging

Drugs

08/12

Saudi Arabia

al-Fadie bin Shafi bin Maslem al-Dosari

Beheading (p)

Murder

08/12

America - Alabama

Ronald Smith

Injection

Murder

11/12

Saudi Arabia

Hassan bin Ali bin Ibrahim al-Qasemi

Beheading (p)

Murder

11/12

Iran

Abdullah al-Ghaffari, Hassan Sheikh, Mansoor Mozaffari, Akbar Aslani, Sayed Hosseini, Arash Azarmi, Hossein Karami,-Mostafa, Sharif Hatami
(10 men)

Hanging

Murder

13/12

Saudi Arabia

Awadh bin Maayedh bin Saad al-Ghawari

Beheading (p)

Murder

14/12

Iran

Mohammad Beheshti

Hanging

Drugs

15/12

Egypt

Adel Habara

Hanging

Murder

15/12

Iran

Behzad Lazemi, Mostafa Gholami, Fardin Sabzi, Mehdi Kaeni and Saeed Faramarzi (5 men)

Hanging

Drugs

15/12

Iran

Behzad Salimkord

Hanging

Drugs

15/12

Saudi Arabia

Nazel bin Hizam bin Nasser al-Mutairi

Beheading (p)

Drugs

19/12

Saudi Arabia

Majid bin Abdulla bin Humood Al-Otaibi

Beheading (p)

Murder

20/12

Iran

Allahnoor Daroonpoor and Nasser Barahuee &
1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

22/12

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging (p)

Rape

23/12

China

Ma Yongping

Injection

Arson/Murder

23/12

Nigeria

Ogbomoro Omoregie, Apostle Igene and Mark Omosowhota

Hanging

Murder & armed robbery

24/12

Pakistan

Mohammad Bilal

Hanging

Murder

25/12

Iran

Valiallah Rashnov and Ghodrat Ebrahimi

Hanging

Drugs

27/12

Iran

Khaled Jowhari

Hanging

Drugs

28/12

Iran

Rashid Jawad

Hanging

Drugs

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

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