Executions in January 2011

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

4

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

China

 

Iran

69

Iraq

 

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Libya

 

Malaysia

 

North Korea

2

Palestine

 

Saudi Arabia

2

Singapore

 

Somalia

4

Taiwan

 

Yemen

 

79 men and 2 women were executed in January, their details are as under. 

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/01

Iran

Mahmoud Barahui, Shahram Narui, Zohoor Ahmad Asef-Doost and Jahanbakhsh Barahui

Hanging

Murder

03/01

Iran

7 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

03/01

Iran

Bahman Rigi

Hanging

Murder

03/01

North Korea

Unnamed man & woman

Shooting

Treason

05/01

Iran

Yaqub

Hanging (p)

Murder

05/01

Iran

A. A.

Hanging

Drugs

06/01

America – Oklahoma

Billy Don Alverson

Injection

Murder

07/01

Iran

Abdollah Derafshi and Ardeshir Niazi

Hanging

Drugs

07/01

Iran

Mohammad N., Ali K., Ramezan Gh., & Manouchehr A

Hanging

Drugs

07/01

Saudi Arabia

Naji bin Aref bin Saab al-Shamri

Beheading (p)

Murder

10/01

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed al-Matrafi

Beheading (p)

Murder

11/01

America – Oklahoma

Jeffrey David Matthews

Injection

Murder

12/01

Iran

7 unnamed men
1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs
Rape

13/01

America – Alabama

Leroy White

Injection

Murder

13/01

Iran

5 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

15/01

Somalia

Abdul Azeez Mohyidiin Ga’al, Antob Arabow Addan & Wowlid Mohammed

Shooting (p)

Murder

18/01

Iran

Ali K.

Hanging

Drugs

19/01

Iran

10 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

21/01

Iran

M. Gh.

Hanging

Drugs

23/01

Iran

Masoud A.

Hanging

Rape

23/01

Iran

Abdulreza Gharabat

Hanging

Heresy and corruption

24/01

Iran

Jafar K & Mohammad-Ali H

Hanging

Terrorism

24/01

Iran

Omid Bargh

Hanging (p)

Murder & rape

24/01

Iran

Ghavam Atakeshzadeh, Mostafa Karimi Khaneghah and Reza Dehghan

Hanging

Rape

24/01

Iran

Kamran Khaki &
Mehran Khaki (brothers)

Hanging

Murder

25/01

America – Georgia

Emmanuel Hammond

Injection

Murder

27/01

Iran

10 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

29/01

Iran

Zahra Bahrami (f)

Hanging

Drugs

31/01

Somalia

Ahmed Ali Hussein

Shooting

Espionage

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

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