Executions in January 2016

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

4

Bangladesh

3

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

3

Egypt

 

Indonesia

 

Iran

51

India

 

Japan

 

Kurdistan

 

Pakistan

10

Palestine (Gaza)

 

Saudi Arabia

55

Singapore

 

Somalia

1

Somaliland

7

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

131 men and 3 women were executed in January, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/01

Iran

A. S. & 1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

02/01

Saudi Arabia

47 named men

Beheading (43)
Shooting (4)

Terrorism

02/01

Iran

B. Amiri, Rahman Ali Hasanvand and Kazemzadeh

Hanging

Drugs

03/01

Iran

Mehdi Ranjkesh

Hanging

Drugs

04/01

Iran

Abbas Bazari Jamkhaneh

Hanging (p)

Murder

04/01

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

04/01

Somalia

Mustaf Mahiye Diyow

Shooting

Murder

04/01

Saudi Arabia

Ahmed Obeid al-Amri al-Harbi

Beheading (p)

Murder

05/01

Iran

Farhang Horouyan,
Haji Divaribadri, and
Hamid Ghanbari

Hanging

Drugs

05/01

Iran

Mehdi Nasirtian

Hanging

Murder

06/01

Iran

Maghsoud Mehdizadeh, Hamid Khodabandebou, Mehdi Sadeghi, and Mohammad Nadirnejad

Hanging

Murder

06/01

Iran

Tofigh Mohammadfar, Hossein Zadegan Eskandar, Amir Ali Zadegan Eskandar and Zahra Nemati (f)
Mohammad Jamali Fashi

Hanging

Drugs

06/01

Saudi Arabia

Saud bin Mohammed al-Shalwi

Beheading (p)

Murder

07/01

Iran

3 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

07/01

Iran

Reza Jalili Alishahi
V. R.

Hanging (p)

Murder

07/01

America - Florida

Oscar Ray Bolin

Injection

Murder

07/01

Bangladesh

Safayet Hossain Habib, Anwar Hossain and Rashedul Islam Jhantu

Hanging

Terrorism

09/01

Iran

V.A. & A. T.

Hanging

Drugs

10/01

Saudi Arabia

Jinat Damti Farid (f)

Beheading (p)

Murder

10/01

Iran

Ghodrat Garavand

Hanging

Murder

10/01

Iran

B.G., M.H., and A.B.

Hanging

Drugs

11/01

Somaliland

Abdirizaq Mohamed Khayre, Abdiaziz Saeed Warsame, Abdilahi Abdi Elmi &
Osman Hirad Diriye

Shooting

Murder

12/01

Pakistan

Muhammad Sardar and
Rasheed Ahmad

Hanging

Murder

12/01

Saudi Arabia

Mishari al-Anzi

Beheading (p)

Murder

12/01

Iran

H. S.

Hanging (p)

Rape & armed robbery

12/01

Iran

Seyed Hamid Haji, Hussein Tvtyannvsh, Mostafa Jamshidi & M. Nasiri

Hanging

Drugs

13/01

Iran

Aref Shahindeji, Hossein Ezzataleb, Rahman Ranjbar, Alireza Akbari, Arsalan Badyaneh, Houshang Zare and Abdul Wahab Hatami
(7 men)

Hanging

Murder

14/01

Iran

A. B.

Hanging

Murder

14/01

Saudi Arabia

Yasser Mahmoud Ahmed Ali Qaiza

Beheading (p)

Murder

14/01

Pakistan

Sajid

Hanging

Murder

16/01

Iran

S. Gh., M. F. and A. A.

Hanging

Drugs

16/01

Iran

H. R.

Hanging

Rape

16/01

China

Wang

Injection

Murder

17/01

Somaliland

Muna Mohamed Abdilahi (f) & Mohamed Ahmed Abdi
Abdule Hasan

Shooting

Murder

19/01

Pakistan

Ghulam Gilani, Allah Ditta and Sultan

Hanging

Murder

20/01

Pakistan

Anwar Khan & Hakim

Hanging

Murder

20/01

America - Texas

Richard Allen Masterson

Injection

Murder

21/01

Pakistan

Muhammad Akram

Hanging

Murder

21/01

America - Alabama

Christopher Eugene Brooks

Injection

Murder

24/01

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

25/01

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed bin Awadh bin Ahmed Al-Zahrani

Beheading (p)

Murder

27/01

Saudi Arabia

Mahmud Jumaa Morsi

Beheading (p)

Murder

27/01

America - Texas

James Freeman

Injection

Murder

28/01

Saudi Arabia

Owaidhah Al Saadi

Beheading (p)

Murder

28/01

Pakistan

Mumrez

Hanging

Murder

28/01

China

Tan Yongzhi

Injection

Kidnapping children

28/01

China

Hasan Yusufov

Injection

Drugs

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

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