Executions in December 2019

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

2

Bahrain

 

Belarus

1

Botswana

1

Chad

 

China

1

Egypt

6

Indonesia

 

Iran

29

Iraq

 

Japan

1

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Malaysia

 

Nigeria

 

Pakistan

 

Palestine (Gaza)

 

Saudi Arabia

 

Singapore

 

Somalia

 

Sudan

 

Taiwan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

34 men and 7 women were executed in December, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

02/12

Botswana

Mooketsi Kgosibodiba

Hanging

Murder

04/12

Iran

Morteza Ashrafi and
Ali Mahmoodpour

Hanging

Murder

04/12

Iran

Somayeh Shahbazi Jahroei, Fatemeh Ghezel Safarlou and Nargess o-Sadat Tabaii (all f)

Hanging

Murder

04/12

Iran

Elias Notizehi

Hanging

Murder

05/12

Iran

Abdossatar Dehmordeh +
2 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

05/12

Egypt

Muhammad Jamal Hindawi, Abdel-Rahman Abdel-Rahim & Ibrahim Ismail

Hanging

Terrorism

05/12

America - Tennessee

Lee Hall

Electrocution

Murder

06/12

Iran

Farzad Seif Panahi and Davood Shams

Hanging

Murder

06/12

Iran

Arsalan Yarywand

Hanging

Drugs

08/12

Egypt

Sabr al-Jamal (f)

Hanging

Murder

09/12

Iran

Amir Khoram Najaf Abadi and Khalil Karami +
4 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

09/12

Iran

Fatemeh Ghazal Safarloo (f)

Hanging

Murder

10/12

Egypt

Ibrahim Mahmoud

Hanging

Child rape & murder

10/12

Egypt

Ahmed Saeed Hassan Ali

Hanging

Murder

11/12

Iran

Maryam (f) and Mehdi R.

Hanging

Murder

11/12

America - Texas

Travis Runnels

Injection

Murder

12/12

Iran

Manuchehr Iranshahi

Hanging

Murder

17/12

Belarus

Alyaksandr Asipovich

Shooting

Murder

18/12

Iran

Alireza Shirmohammad Ali & Mohammad Reza Khalilzadeh

Hanging

Murder

18/12

Iran

Eshrat Nazari (f) and Mehdi Zarei

Hanging

Murder

24/12

China

Liu Chunlu

Injection

Arson/murder

25/12

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

26/12

Japan

Wei Wei

Hanging

Murder

27/12

Iran

Ali Pirak and Mustafa

Hanging

Murder

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

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