Executions in January 2020

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

2

Bahrain

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

 

Egypt

7

Indonesia

 

Iran

29

Iraq

 

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Malaysia

 

Nigeria

 

Pakistan

 

Palestine (Gaza)

 

Saudi Arabia

9

Singapore

 

Somalia

6

Sudan

 

Taiwan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

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

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/01

Iran

Hossein Gholami, Saman Doosti & 6 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

02/01

Saudi Arabia

Khaled Ridhwan Yaaqub al-Mumni and Maamun Ayman Hussein al-Handawi

Beheading

Drugs

06/01

Iran

Ali Ashouri

Hanging

Drugs

08/01

Saudi Arabia

Ali bin Attiya bin Hiayazae al-Ottaf al-Ghamdi

Beheading

Murder

09/01

Saudi Arabia

Fahd bin Faleh bin Khalaf Al-Dossari

Beheading

Murder

09/01

Iran

Sara M. (f)
M. C.

Hanging

Murder

09/01

Iran

Dariush Darvishpour and Danesh Darvishpour plus 2 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

12/01

Iran

Omid D

Hanging

Murder

14/01

Saudi Arabia

Suwaid bin Ali bin Ali Bakir Aati

Beheading

Murder

14/01

Saudi Arabia

Muhammad Omar Al-Qenawy, Ahmed Abdulmajid Najem and Abdulrazaq Hammoud Mahmoud

Beheading

Drugs

14/01

Iran

Maliheh Haji Hassani (f) + 1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

15/01

America - Texas

John Gardner

Injection

Murder

15/01

Somalia

6 unnamed men

Shooting

Murder

16/01

Iran

Heshmat Sheikhani and
1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

16/01

Egypt

Ahmed Salim Shaker Omar

Hanging

Murder

18/01

Egypt

Muhammad Muhammad Abdulaziz, Muhammad Mustafa Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Ahmad Badawi Ayad, Husam Abbas Ali and Ashraf Amin Muhammad Faraj (5 men)

Hanging

Murder

20/01

Iran

Tarallah Mirashkari

Hanging

Murder

22/01

Egypt

Zakaria Asaad Yusef

Hanging

Murder

23/01

Iran

Massih Hatami and
Alilou Javad

Hanging

Drugs

26/01

Iran

Sobhan Karimi &
Bayram Gholikhani

Hanging

Murder

27/01

Iran

Kh. Gh. and A. Gh.

Hanging

Murder

29/01

America - Georgia

Donnie Cleveland Lance

Injection

Murder

30/01

Saudi Arabia

Aisha Ahmed Omar Bahsin (f)

Beheading

Murder

30/01

Iran

Raman Mohammad Amini & Mohsen Khojasteh

Hanging

Murder

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

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