Executions in January 2010.

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

5

Bangladesh

5

Botswana

 

China

12

Iran

15

Iraq

1

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Libya

 

Malaysia

 

North Korea

 

Pakistan

 

Saudi Arabia

5

Singapore

 

Sudan

6

Thailand

 

Yemen

2

51 men were executed in January 2010, their details are as under. 

 

Country

Name

Method

Crime

04/01

Iran

Alireza and Amir 
Dolat-Khan

Hanging

Rape/murder

06/01

Iran

Fasih Yasamani

Hanging

Terrorism

07/01

China

7 men : Zhang Baoyi, Gao Yuehui, He Pidong, Liu Luntao, Zhang Guo, Li Qing and Zhang Zhiyu

Injection

Gang crimes

07/01

America – Ohio

Vernon Smith

Injection

Murder

07/01

America – Texas

Kenneth Mosley

Injection

Murder

07/01

AmericaLouisiana

Gerald J. Bordelon

Injection

Murder

09/01

Iran

6 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

11/01

Saudi Arabia

Salah ibn Rihaidan ibn Hailan Al-Johani

Beheading (p)

Rape

12/01

AmericaTexas

Gary Johnson

Injection

Murder

13/01

China

Liu Lieyong & Chen Xiaohui

Injection?

Murder & gang crimes

13/01

Saudi Arabia

Redha bin Abid bin Abdullah Almabadi

Beheading (p)

Murder

14/01

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed bin Said bin Mohammed al-Resasma al-Shahrani

Beheading (p)

Murder

14/01

Sudan

6 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

14/01

America Oklahoma

Julius Ricardo Young

Injection

Murder

19/01

China

Yang Tianqing & Liu Chenghu

Injection?

Murder & gang crimes

19/01

Saudi Arabia

Sultan Bin Ali Bin Abdullah al-Qahtani

Beheading (p)

Murder

20/01

Iran

Allahnazar Shahlibar

Hanging (p)

Murder

21/01

China

Jiang Yongsheng

Injection?

Multiple rape

22/01

Yemen

Hamid Jabir al-Hamshali &
1 unnamed man

Shooting

Murder

25/01

Saudi Arabia

Mohsen bin Mohammed bin Saleh al-Mokhles

Beheading (p)

Drugs

25/01

Iraq

Ali Hassan al-Majid
”Chemical Ali”

Hanging

Mass murder

27/01

Iran

Jamshid Hadian

Hanging (p)

Murder

28/01

Iran

Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani and Arash Rahmani Pour

Hanging

Rioting

28/01

Bangladesh

Syed Faruk Rahman, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Bazlul Huda, AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed and Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan

Hanging

Murder

30/01

Iran

Masoud and Mohammad

Hanging

Rape

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

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