Executions in March 2023

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

2

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

1

Egypt

1

India

 

Iran

42

Iraq

 

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Myanmar

 

Nigeria

 

Palestine

 

Qatar

 

Saudi Arabia

17

Singapore

 

Somalia

26

South Sudan

 

Syria

 

Taiwan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

2

91 men and 2 woman were executed in March, their details are as under. 

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/03

Iran

Ali Doudkanlou

Hanging

Murder

01/03

Iran

Mansour Saeedi,
Asghar Khosh Sima and Abbas Homavar

Hanging

Murder

01/03

Saudi Arabia

4 men

Beheading (p)

Murder

02/03

Iran

Ghorban Ghorbanpour and 2 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder

02/03

Iran

Mohammed Dostinejad

Hanging

Drugs

04/03

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed bin Abdulrazaq bin Saad Faidhi

Beheading (p)

Terrorism

04/03

Saudi Arabia

Omar bin Abdullah bin Obeidullah al-Barakati

Beheading (p)

Sodomy of minors

05/03

Iran

Kyomarth Zarghami

Hanging

Murder

05/03

Iran

Amin Javashiri, Mohammad Javashiri, Bahram Behzadi and Hamid Shahouzahi

Hanging

Drugs

05/03

Iran

Ait Ali Yari, Sohrab Suri and Hassan Jodki

Hanging

Drugs

05/03

Yemen

Malik Mohsen Hussein

Shooting (p)

Murder

06/03

Iran

Sheh Bakhsh Ostadi

Hanging

Drugs

06/03

Saudi Arabia

Haider bin Nasser bin Jaseb Al Tahifah

Beheading (p)

Terrorism

07/03

Egypt

Mahmoud Nazmi Ibn Mit Salsil

Hanging

Murder

07/03

America - Texas

Gary Green

Injection

Murder

08/03

Somalia

13 unnamed men

Shooting

Terrorism

08/03

Somalia

6 unnamed men

Shooting

Murder

09/03

Iran

Jalal Sardari Far

Hanging

Drugs

09/03

Saudi Arabia

Ali bin Omar bin Musa al-Ahmari and Ibrahim bin Ali bin Marei Haroubi

Beheading (p)

Terrorism

09/03

Saudi Arabia

Hani bin Issa bin Mohammed al-Aawad

Beheading (p)

Sodomy of minors

09/03

America - Texas

Arthur Brown Jr.

Injection

Murder

10/03

Iran

Zafar Hadipour, Nader Ebrahimpour and Younes Koulemrazi + 1 unnamed

Hanging

Drugs

10/03

Iran

Hossein Pourfayaz,
Saleh Ghassemi and Mansour Abdizadeh

Hanging

Drugs

11/03

Iran

Tohid Ramezani and
Nabi Langrani 

Hanging

Drugs

12/03

Iran

Ahmad Bajizehi

Hanging

Drugs

12/03

Iran

Ali Mokhan Seifi and Armin Hirani

Hanging

Murder

12/03

Iran

Tohid Ramezani,
Salman Momeni and
Nabi Langrani 

Hanging

Drugs

12/03

Saudi Arabia

Hussein Said Abdulfatah Abu al-Kheir

Beheading (p)

Drugs

13/03

Somalia

Abdel Shakour Ahmed Mohamed and
Abdi Jamal Abdullah

Shooting

Murder

15/03

Somalia

Muhammad Abd al-Abko Omar, Sherif Muhammad Barkadli, and Muhammad Abd al-Nur Jiro

Shooting

Terrorism

15/03

Yemen

Ahmed Awad Obaid Al-Qudimi

Shooting (p)

Murder

15/03

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Ali Mohammed Sharif

Beheading (p)

Armed robbery

15/03

Saudi Arabia

Saleh bin Abdulrahman bin Abdullah al-Matlaq

Beheading (p)

Murder

16/03

Iran

Ashir Abbasnejad, Mohammad Ayoubian, Yasin Rashidi, Jahanbakhsh Radlouyi Hassan Omari + Nasrin Niazi (f)

Hanging

Drugs

16/03

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Murder

16/03

Saudi Arabia

Ibrahim bin Obad al-Hadhli

Beheading (p)

Terrorism

17/03

Iran

Mohieddin Ebrahimi

Hanging

Terrorism

17/03

Iran

Hossein Soltani Aliabadi

Hanging

Drugs

19/03

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Awis Mohammed Ilyas

Beheading (p)

Murder

19/03

Somalia

Abd al-Rahman Ali Hassan Sajo and Yassin Muhammad Adam

Shooting

Murder

20/03

Saudi Arabia

Nayef bin Ahmed bin Said al-Qasabiya

Beheading (p)

Murder

21/03

China

Xu Guoli

Injection

Murder

28/03

Iran

Maryam Najjar (f) and Hassan Bahmani

Hanging

Murder

30/03

Saudi Arabia

Khaled Al-Harbi

Beheading (p)

Murder

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

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