Executions in January 2019

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

1

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

4

Egypt

 

Indonesia

 

Iran

30

Iraq

 

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Malaysia

 

Nigeria

 

Pakistan

 

Palestine (Gaza)

 

Saudi Arabia

21

Singapore

 

Somalia

2

Sudan

 

Taiwan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

2

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

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/01

Yemen

Yusuf al-Thawabi

Shooting (p)

Child rape & murder

01/01

Saudi Arabia

Nizar Ahmad Qull Ahmad, Ataiwi Faraj Attia Suleiman and Subhi Awada Jamie

Beheading (p)

Drugs

02/01

Iran

5 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

02/01

Saudi Arabia

Ahmed bin Lafi bin Samer al-Mutairi

Beheading (p)

Murder

03/01

China

Gao Chengyong

Injection?

Serial killer

03/01

Iran

Majid Khamami

Hanging

Murder

07/01

Somalia

Abdel Rahman Issa Ali and Hassan Ali Hassan

Shooting

Terrorism

07/01

Saudi Arabia

Raj Mohammed Ghuth al-Rahman

Beheading (p)

Drugs

07/01

China

Qin Pengan

Injection?

Child stabbings

09/01

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Bilal bet Akhtar Ali

Beheading (p)

Murder

09/01

Iran

Mohsen Rezaei, Reza Farmanjou, Baratali Rahimi and 9 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

10/01

Saudi Arabia

Yahya Mohammed Saleh al-Anzi

Beheading (p)

Murder

10/01

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging (p)

Kidnap & sodomy

10/01

Saudi Arabia

Fahd bin Ahmed bin Salloum Ba'abd

Beheading (p)

Murder

13/01

Iran

Kikavos Jamal Syrat, Rostam Rezai and Abdullah Jochari

Hanging (p)

Armed robbery and murder

15/01

Iran

Mohammad Javad Shams

Hanging (p)

Murder

15/01

Saudi Arabia

Ibrahim al-Said Mohammed al-Mursi

Beheading (p)

Drugs

16/01

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

16/01

Saudi Arabia

Saad bin Mohammed bin Shabab al-Ghamdi

Beheading (p)

Murder

17/01

China

Cai Dongjia

Injection?

Drugs

17/01

Saudi Arabia

Abdullah bin Hajri bin Jaber al-Mawled and Ibrahim bin Nasser bin Midshel al-Harith

Beheading (p)

Murder

21/01

Saudi Arabia

Adem Mohamat Adem, Mohammed Adem Mabud Ambudu &
Liaqat Ali Barakat

Beheading (p)

Drugs

22/01

Yemen

Saleh al-Maimouni

Shooting

Murder

22/01

Iran

Rahman Jasemi Zargani

Hanging

Murder

23/01

Saudi Arabia

Abdulrahman bin Abderabeh bin Aafnan al-Balawi

Beheading (p)

Murder

24/01

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

26/01

Saudi Arabia

Majren bin Majid bin Osman al-'Utaibi 

Beheading (p)

Murder

27/01

Saudi Arabia

Abdulbasett Abdulsamud Gharsan, Ali Salem Ibrahim Yahi, Yahi Aayesh Mesaoud Bakheit and Yasin Mohammed Ali

Beheading (p)

Murder

29/01

China

Yang Zanyun

Injection?

Murder

29/01

Saudi Arabia

Rosalia Bacona Ajmahul (f)

Beheading (p)

Murder

29/01

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

30/01

Iran

M. A. (f)
Tabib Rouzmehr

Hanging

Murder

30/01

America - Texas

Robert Mitchell Jennings

Injection

Murder

31/01

Iran

Karim Mohebbi

Hanging

Murder

31/01

Saudi Arabia

Fadhel Manan Zaman

Beheading (p)

Drugs

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

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