Executions in December 2020

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

2

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

1

Egypt

9

India

 

Iran

33

Iraq

 

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Malaysia

 

Nigeria

 

Pakistan

 

Qatar

 

Saudi Arabia

8

Singapore

 

Somalia

 

Sudan

 

Taiwan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

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

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/12

Egypt

Yassin & Ali Ibrahim

Hanging

Murder

03/12

China

Huang Yichuan

Injection

Murder

03/12

Iran

Abdullah Mohammadi

Hanging

Murder

04/12

Iran

Z. M. (f)

Hanging

Murder

04/12

Egypt

Mahmoud M.A.

Hanging

Murder

06/12

Egypt

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

06/12

Iran

Abdollah Mohammadi (j)

Hanging

Murder

07/12

Iran

Kamal Asghari

Hanging

Murder

09/12

Iran

Daniel Diwani Azar

Hanging

Murder

10/12

Egypt

Ahmed Wahb

Hanging

Murder

10/12

Saudi Arabia

Fadiya bint Hassan bin Tawfiq al-Qalae (f) and Sardar Abdullah al-Musa

Beheading

Murder

10/12

America

Brandon Bernard

Injection

Murder

11/12

America

Alfred Bourgeois

Injection

Murder

12/12

Iran

Ruhollah Zam

Hanging

Fomenting violence

13/12

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging

Robbery/murder

16/12

Iran

Mehdi, Arastou and Meysam

Hanging

Murder

17/12

Iran

Mohammad Moradi

Hanging

Murder

17/12

Iran

Shahab Javid

Hanging

Rape

17/12

Iran

Amir

Hanging

Armed robbery

17/12

Saudi Arabia

Thamer bin Abdullah bin Moeidh al-Ghamdi

Beheading

Murder

17/12

Egypt

Farhat Abd al-Sayed Salem, Mukhtar Jumah Hillel & Hassan Diab Sabra

Hanging

Murder

18/12

Iran

Rasoul Ferdows

Hanging

Murder

19/12

Iran

Behnam Rigi & Shoaib Rigi

Hanging

Drugs

20/12

Iran

Abdol-Basit Khest

Hanging

Murder

21/12

Saudi Arabia

Abdullah bin Menahi bin Aanan al-Dosari

Beheading

Murder

22/12

Saudi Arabia

Jamil bin Mohammed bin Saud Abu Harbash

Beheading

Murder

23/12

Saudi Arabia

Ali bin Hussein bin Askar al-Anzi

Beheading

Murder

24/12

Iran

Jafar Zabi & 3 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

25/12

Iran

Abdulhamid Mir Baluchzehi

Hanging

Terrorism & murders

26/12

Iran

Mehraban Brahui

Hanging

Drugs

27/12

Iran

Zeinab Khodamradi (f)

Hanging

Murder

27/12

Saudi Arabia

Osama Faisal Najm

Beheading

Murder

27/12

Egypt

Abd al-Tawab Sayed Youssef

Hanging

Murder

29/12

Iran

Mostafa Seifi

Hanging

Murder

29/12

Saudi Arabia

Abdulmalek bin Mohammed bin Ahmed al-Hamoud

Beheading

Murder

30/12

Iran

Mohammad Hassan Rezaei (j) & Rostam

Hanging

Murder

31/12

Iran

Hamid Rastbala,
Kabir Saadat-Jahani and Mohammad Ali Arayesh

Hanging

Terrorism

31/12

Iran

Fereydoun Tavakoli

Hanging

Murder

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

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