Executions in January 2018

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

3

America (USA)

2

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

 

Egypt

13

Indonesia

 

Iran

17

Iraq

 

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Malaysia

 

Nigeria

 

Pakistan

3

Palestine (Gaza)

 

Saudi Arabia

15

Singapore

 

Somalia

 

South Sudan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

52 men and 1 woman were executed in January, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/01

Saudi Arabia

Hashim bin Adnan bin Hussein al-Khadrawi

Beheading (p)

Murder

02/01

Egypt

4 unnamed men

Hanging

Terrorism

02/01

Egypt

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

03/01

Saudi Arabia

Eid bin Dhawihi bin Salman al-Attawi

Beheading (p)

Drugs

03/01

Iran

Bakhtiyar Mohammadi

Hanging

Murder

04/01

Saudi Arabia

Hazam bin Mohammed bin Mubarak al-Qahtani and Saad bin Salem bin Saad al-Azizi al-Mutairi

Beheading (p)

Murder

04/01

Iran

Amir Hossein Pourjafar (j) & Abolfazl Ghorbani

Hanging

Murder

07/01

Saudi Arabia

Abdullah bin Said bin Saudi al-Shibani

Beheading (p)

Murder

08/01

Iran

S. R. & A. B.

Hanging

Murder

09/01

Egypt

Muhammad Jamal al-Sayyid Attiya, Mohamed Mesbah Abdelhak, and Mohamed Ibrahim El-Baz

Hanging

Rape

10/01

Saudi Arabia

Khalid bin Ali bin Farraj Al-Omrani and Khaled Abdullah Mohammed Al-Zoubi

Beheading (p)

Drugs

10/01

Iran

Hossein Eskandarzadeh

Hanging (p)

Murder

11/01

Iran

Sae’ed + 2 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

15/01

Iran

Y. S.

 

 

16/01

Iran

Sina & 1 unnamed man

Hanging

Rape

18/01

Saudi Arabia

Shaliwie bin Mashal bin Khaled al-Shibani al-Otaibi

Beheading (p)

Murder

18/01

America - Texas

Anthony Allen Shore

Injection

Murder

21/01

Iran

Hossein Kh.

Hanging

Murder

22/01

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed bin Attallah Salem al-Hawitti, Hussain bin Ahmed bin Hamza al-Hawaishel and Zakaria bin Said bin Said al-Freij

Beheading (p)

Drugs

23/01

Saudi Arabia

Tareq Saad Mohammed al-Masalami

Beheading (p)

Murder

23/01

Egypt

Mohammed Abu Sira

Hanging

Murder

23/01

Egypt

Mahmoud, Khaled A. & Mohammed M.

Hanging

Rape

23/01

Pakistan

Jan Bahadur and Amanullah Hashim,

Hanging

Murder

28/01

Saudi Arabia

Menahi bin Aamer bin Amash al-Baqami

Beheading (p)

Murder

28/01

Afghanistan

Muhammad Aref, Shaheen and Dadan Long

Hanging

Murder

28/01

Iran

Mehran Behshad and Farhad Alba

Hanging

Murder

29/01

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Imran Falak Sher

Beheading (p)

Drugs

30/01

Iran

Mahbubeh Mofidi (f) (j)

Hanging

Murder

30/01

Iran

Ali Kazemi (j)

Hanging

Murder

30/01

Egypt

Tayseer Odeh Suleiman

Hanging

Murder

30/01

America - Texas

William Rayford

Injection

Murder

31/01

Pakistan

Faisal Sheraz

Hanging

Murder

31/01

Saudi Arabia

Hadi bin Hamed bin Mohammed al-Qahtani

Beheading (p)

Murder

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

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