Executions in February 2015

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

1

America (USA)

2

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

China

7

Egypt

 

Iran

61

Indonesia

 

Jordan

2

Kuwait

 

Pakistan

4

Palestine (Gaza)

 

Saudi Arabia

18

Singapore

 

Somalia

1

Taiwan

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

94 men and 3 women were executed in February, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/02

Saudi Arabia

Abdulrahman bin Zaher bin Awda al-Jahni

Beheading (p)

Murder

01/02

Iran

A.

Hanging

Murder

02/02

China

Zhang Fan (f), &
Zhang Lidong

Injection?

Murder

03/02

Pakistan

Attaullah, alias Qasim, and Mohammad Azam

Hanging

Terrorism

03/02

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Salamah Fareeh al-Azazma

Beheading (p)

Drugs

04/02

Jordan

Sajida al-Rishawi (f) &
Ziad Karbouli

Hanging

Terrorism

04/02

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed bin Ouda bin Naji al–Inzi

Beheading (p)

Murder

04/02

Saudi Arabia

Abdul Kareem bin Abdul Sattar Meezi and
Hashim bin Abdo Mahragi

Beheading (p)

Rape

04/02

Iran

Esmaeil Masoumi

Hanging

Drugs

04/02

America - Texas

Donald Newbury

Injection

Murder

05/02

Saudi Arabia

Abdelghani Mohammed Akbar

Beheading (p)

Drugs

05/02

Saudi Arabia

Bashir bin Mohammed bin Baqr al-Bahrani, Mohammed bin Radhi bin Mohammed al-Masjan, Nadhir bin Mohammed bin Baqr al-Bahrani and Yasser bin Fathi bin Abdulali al-Awi

Beheading (p)

Murder

05/02

Iran

3 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

09/02

China

Liu Han, Liu Wei, Tang Xianbing, Zhang Donghua and Tian Xianwei

Injection?

Murder

10/02

Saudi Arabia

Abdullah Mohammed al-Ahmad al-Anzi

Beheading (p)

Drugs

11/02

Saudi Arabia

Nayef Felah Mubarak al-Beriki and Babir Hussein Mohammed Ishaq

Beheading (p)

Drugs

11/02

America - Missouri

Walter Timothy Storey

Injection

Murder

11/02

Somalia

Ahmed Ismail Ali

Shooting

Murder

12/02

Saudi Arabia

Babir Hussein Mohammed Ishaq

Beheading (p)

Drugs

13/02

Pakistan

Muhammad Riaz and Muhammad Fayyaz

Hanging

Murder

14/02

Iran

M. P.
M. B.

Hanging

Murder
Drugs

14/02

Iran

Asghar Shabani and Mehrdad Abshirin

Hanging

Drugs

14/02

Iran

Hamed Kahrazhi and Mobasher Mir-Balochzehi

Hanging

Armed robbery

15/02

Saudi Arabia

Nawaf al-Shemmari and Saad al-Houzaimi

Beheading (p)

Murder

15/02

Iran

Saeed Bakhshali, Ebrahim Reyhani, Adel Kouhi, Khosrow Modiri, Rahim Soleimani, and Rasoul Ghadamyari (6 men)

Hanging

Drugs

16/02

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

17/02

Iran

Vahid Lalabadi, Ayob Farhadi, and Amir Davoodi + 2 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

18/02

Iran

Mohammad Naderi and Mojtaba Shokohi + 1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

18/02

Iran

M. R. P

Hanging (p)

Murder & armed robbery

19/02

Iran

Saman Naseem (j)
Habibullah Afshari and Ali Afshari

Hanging

Terrorism

22/02

Iran

Sajad Ghochany, Mohammad Gholami, Mohammad Kazem Yazdani Doboron, Alireza Razmi, Mehdi Shahdadi, Nekoei Zadeh, & Ghasem Moradi Zadeh (9 men)

Hanging

Drugs

22/02

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Rape

23/02

Iran

Mohammadreza Ranjbar Kermani

Hanging

Drugs

23/02

Iran

Mohammad M., Ehsan J., Amirhossien Gh, & Reza Z.
Mohammad Hojat Abadi, Rasool Naderi, and Hossein Mir Dost

Hanging

Drugs

24/02

Iran

M.R., A.Z. and R. K.

Hanging

Drugs

25/02

Saudi Arabia

Omar Mohammed Abdul Muti al-Rubai

Beheading (p)

Drugs

25/02

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging (p)

Rape

25/02

Iran

Ali Barsalamat, Moradbakhsh Saboki, Ali Dashtestan and
Marzieh Hossein Zehi (f)

Hanging

Drugs

26/02

Iran

A. P. & A. L.

Hanging (p)

Rape

26/02

Iran

Mehdi Fatahi +
3 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

26/02

Saudi Arabia

Hafiz Wifaq Rasoul Shah
Vijay Kumar Saleem

Beheading (p)

Drugs
Murder

26/02

Iran

Hossein Shahriari and Davood Jamal Barez

Hanging

Drugs

26/02

Iran

Mansoor Kargar

Hanging

Murder

28/02

Afghanistan

Rais Khudaidad

Hanging

Murder

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

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