Executions in February 2020

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

2

Bahrain

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

1

Chad

 

China

 

Egypt

11

Indonesia

 

Iran

21

Iraq

 

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Malaysia

 

Nigeria

 

Pakistan

 

Palestine (Gaza)

 

Saudi Arabia

1

Singapore

 

Somalia

2

Sudan

 

Taiwan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

38 men were executed in February, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

02/02

Iran

Rasoul Mawhassani

Hanging

Drugs

02/02

Iran

Sajjad Zahiri, Nima Gharadaghi and Hossein Pasha

Hanging

Murder

04/02

Saudi Arabia

Hamoud bin Muhammad bin Mughram Al Nahid Asiri

Beheading

Murder

05/02

Iran

Shahab Naderi, Borzu Ahmadi + 1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

05/02

America - Texas

Abel Ochoa

Injection

Murder

11/02

Somalia - Puntland

Abd al-Fattah Abd al-Rahman Rasmi and Abd al-Shakour Muhammad Digi

Shooting (p)

Rape and murder

12/02

Iran

Hadi Mahi and Sadeq Akbarpour

Hanging

Rape and murder

13/02

Iran

Hassan Sarai

Hanging

Murder

19/02

Iran

Mohammad Cheraghi and Mehrdad

Hanging

Murder

20/02

China

Sun Xiaoguo

Injection

Multiple rapes

20/02

America - Tennessee

Nicholas Todd Sutton

Electrocution

Murder

21/02

Iran

Naeem Zawareh &
Ali Dadkhah

Hanging

Drugs

21/02

Iran

Hamid

Hanging

Murder

21/02

Botswana

Mmika Michael Mpe

Hanging

Murder

22/02

Egypt

Mustafa Antar Mohamed, Mustafa Ibrahim Mohamed and Sameh Dahi Abdullah

Hanging

Murder

24/02

Egypt

Abd al-Rahman Kamal al-Din Ali, Rifai Ali Ahmad Muhammad, Rami Muhammad Abd al-Hamid, Walid Abu al-Majd Abdullah, Muhammad Mubarak Abd al-Salam, Salama Ahmad Salama, Ali Shahat Hussein, Ali Mahmoud Mohand Hassan
(8 men)

Hanging

Terrorist bombings

26/02

Iran

Mohammad Cheraghi and Mehrdad Biram Vand
+ 2 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

29/02

Iran

Ahad (Vahid) Salehi and Nader Hosseini

Hanging

Murder

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

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