Executions in March 2017

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

2

Bahrain

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

 

Egypt

 

Indonesia

 

Iran

30

Iraq

 

Japan

 

Jordan

15

Kuwait

 

Malaysia

2

Nigeria

 

Pakistan

11

Palestine (Gaza)

 

Saudi Arabia

9

Singapore

 

Somalia

 

South Sudan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

67 men and 2 women were executed in March, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

02/03

Saudi Arabia

Sari bin Saleh bin Habash al-Qahtani

Beheading (p)

Drugs

04/03

Jordan

Ashraf Bashtawi, Fadi Bashtawi, Imad Dalki, Mohammad Dalki, Faraj Sharif, Riad Abdullah, Mahmoud Masharfeh, Ali Maqableh & Nabil Jaaoura

Hanging

Terrorism

04/03

Jordan

5 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder and rape

04/03

Iran

Shah Mohammadi,
1 unnamed man and
2 unnamed women

Hanging

Murder

04/03

Iran

Ismael Arab Zamani,
Naji Payam & Eshgh Ali

Hanging

Drugs

05/03

Saudi Arabia

Radad bin Nasser bin Radad al-Baqami

Beheading (p)

Murder

05/03

Iran

Morad Seifi

Hanging

Drugs

06/03

Iran

Parviz Nedaie and
Bahram Moradgholi

Hanging

Drugs

06/03

Iran

Ramezan Sabzi and Yousef Alizadeh

Hanging

Murder

07/03

Saudi Arabia

Said bin Hamdan bin Hawayan al-Maliki

Beheading (p)

Murder

07/03

America - Texas

Rolando Ruiz

Injection

Murder

07/03

Iran

Gol Mohammad Kiazehi and Mehrdad Vazifehdad

Hanging

Murder

08/03

Pakistan

Shoukat Ali, Imdad Ullah, Sabir Shah, Khandan and Anwar Ali

Hanging

Terrorism

09/03

Saudi Arabia

Ali bin Ayedh bin Ali Madawi

Beheading (p)

Kidnap and rape

09/03

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging (p)

Murder

11/03

Iran

Manouchehr Abkhiz

Hanging

Drugs

12/03

Iran

Yar Mohammad Reigi, Ismael Reigi, &
Rahim Reigi

Hanging

Drugs

13/03

Iran

Mohammad Reza Samadi Nasb

Hanging

Drugs

14/03

Iran

Chengiz Badozadeh, Akram Hassanpour,
Reza, Vahed Hamedi, &
Kiumars Freydan (5 men)

Hanging

Drugs

14/03

Iran

Mehdi,

Hanging

Murder

14/03

America - Texas

James Eugene Bigby

Injection

Murder

15/03

Pakistan

Syed Zaman, Shah Wali and Mohammad Zeeshan

Hanging

Terrorism

15/03

Malaysia

Rames and Suthar Batumalai (brothers)

Hanging

Murder

15/03

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

15/03

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

16/03

Pakistan

Muhammad Gulzar

Hanging

Murder

20/03

Iran

Cyrus Ebadi and Farajbakhsh Amrollahi

Hanging

Drugs

22/03

Saudi Arabia

Dhaib bin Mubarak bin Hadi al-Mahdani al-Qahtani

Beheading (p)

Murder

23/03

Saudi Arabia

Nasser Harshan and Namtallah Khasta Qul

Beheading (p)

Drugs

28/03

Pakistan

Amir Bahadur

Hanging

Murder

28/03

Saudi Arabia

Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Qarni

Beheading (p)

Murder

30/03

Saudi Arabia

Ibrahim bin Mohammed bin Attiyatallah al-Zubaidi

Beheading (p)

Murder

30/03

Pakistan

Tahir

Hanging

Terrorism

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

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