Executions in January 2017

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

4

Bahrain

3

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

 

Egypt

 

Indonesia

 

Iran

79

Iraq

31

Japan

 

Kuwait

7

Malaysia

 

Nigeria

 

Pakistan

1

Palestine (Gaza)

 

Saudi Arabia

3

Singapore

 

Somalia

 

South Sudan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

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

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

02/01

Iran

3 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

03/01

Iran

Hadi Moghaddam, Ali Nuri, Alireza Haji Firuz Abadi and Ali Nouri

Hanging

Drugs

03/01

Iran

Harif Gholami

Hanging

Murder

04/01

Iran

Khashiar Behrouzi, Mehdi Kavousi, and Anoush Baluch

Hanging

Drugs

04/01

Iran

Mohammad Zebardast

Hanging

Drugs

04/01

Iran

Traub Rashidi and Ali Cheshmeh Noushi

Hanging

Armed robbery

05/01

Iran

3 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

08/01

Iran

Rouhollah Koshtemad and Sajjad Zarsineh

Hanging (p)

Armed robbery & murder

10/01

Pakistan

Naveed Hussain

Hanging

Murder

10/01

Iran

Morteza Heidari

Hanging

Drugs

11/01

America - Texas

Christopher Wilkins

Injection

Murder

11/01

Iran

Nasser Soltani

Hanging

Murder

12/01

Iran

Akbar Kabiri and Babak Asghari + 1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

12/01

Iran

Shams al-Din

Hanging

Murder

13/01

Iran

Nasser Soltani

Hanging

Murder

14/01

Iran

Mohammad Soleimani, Ali Ebadi, Ali Reza Moradi, Majid Badarloo, Omid Garshasebi, Ali Yousefi, Seyed Ali Sorouri, Ebrahim Jafari, Ali Mohammad Lorestani, and Mohsen Jelokhani (10 men)

Hanging

Drugs

14/01

Iran

Siamak Shafiee, Abouzar Alijani, Saeed Teymouri, and Reza Naghizadeh +
1 unnamed man

Hanging

Armed robbery & murder

14/01

Iran

Seifollah Hosnian, Tofigh Bahramnejad, Akbar K. and Morteza H.

Hanging

Drugs

15/01

Iran

Shamsoldin

Hanging

Murder

15/01

Bahrain

Abbas al-Samea,
Sami Mushaima and
Ali al-Singace

Shooting

Terrorism

16/01

Iran

Ali Aghayan

Hanging (p)

Murder

17/01

Saudi Arabia

Mamdouh Al Anzi

Beheading (p)

Murder

17/01

Iran

Ahmad Shekarabi, Ramezan Yousef Heydari and 4 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

18/01

Iran

Habib Khazayi and
3 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

18/01

Iran

Hassan Hassanzadeh (j) & M. Sh.

Hanging

Murder

18/01

America - Virginia

Ricky Javon Gray

Injection

Murder

20/01

Iran

Jahangir Beiravand and Adel Beiravand

Hanging

Drugs

23/01

Iran

Ghabl Ali Bapeir and
Sina Hosseinpour

Hanging

Drugs

23/01

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

23/01

Iran

Iraj Ghafouri and
Hossein Fatemi

Hanging

Drugs

23/01

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

23/01

Iraq

31 unnamed men

Hanging

Terrorism

25/01

Iran

Majid Askari and
Rahman Nourian,

Hanging

Drugs

25/01

Kuwait

Sheikh Faisal Abdullah Al-Sabah, Nusra al-Enezi (f) Jakatia Mandon Pawa (f) Omkel Oku Mekonnen (f) Radi Juma, Samir Taha Abdul Jalil Abdul Majid

Hanging

Murder

25/01

Kuwait

Mohammad Shah Mohammad Hussein Snoar

Hanging

Rape

26/01

Saudi Arabia

Saif Mohammed Yahya Hazazi

Beheading (p)

Drugs

26/01

America - Texas

Terry Edwards

Injection

Murder

27/01

Iran

Seifollah Chezabi and Alireza Jalayeri

Hanging

Drugs

28/01

Iran

R. Z. & M. A.

Hanging

Drugs

29/01

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging (p)

Armed robbery

29/01

Iran

2 unnamed men

Hanging (p)

Rape & murder

31/01

Saudi Arabia

Ali bin Mohammed bin Issa Asiri

Beheading (p)

Murder

31/01

America - Missouri

Mark Christeson

Injection

Murder

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

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