|
Executions in May 2007. |
Listing of verifiable
executions worldwide reported this month.
|
Country |
No of executions |
|
America |
6 |
|
Bahrain |
|
|
Bangladesh |
|
|
Botswana |
|
|
China |
|
|
Congo |
|
|
Egypt |
|
|
Indonesia |
|
|
Iran |
28 |
|
Iraq |
|
|
Japan |
|
|
Jordan |
|
|
Kuwait |
1 |
|
Libya |
|
|
Malaysia |
|
|
Pakistan |
6 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
40 |
|
Singapore |
|
|
Somalia |
|
|
Sudan |
|
|
Taiwan |
|
|
Vietnam |
|
|
Yemen |
|
|
Total |
81 |
79 men and 2 women were executed
in May 2007, their details are as under.
|
Date |
Country |
Name |
Method |
Crime |
|
01/05 |
Saudi Arabia |
Abdullah bin Saleh bin Nami al-Amri al-Harbi & Bakht Iqbal Mussafer
Khan |
Beheading (p) |
Murder |
|
02/05 |
Saudi Arabia |
Shah Mohammed, Mazhar Fathel Ilahi, Ijaz Ali and Mohammed Khan |
Beheading (p) |
Murder and rape |
|
03/05 |
Saudi Arabia |
Said Bin Mohammed al-Otaibi |
Beheading (p) |
Murder |
|
03/05 |
America – Alabama |
Aaron Lee Jones |
Injection |
Murder |
|
03/05 |
Iran |
M. Salari, Z. Hashimi and |
Hanging |
Drugs |
|
04/05 |
America – Indiana |
David Leon Woods |
Injection |
Murder |
|
05/05 |
Saudi Arabia |
Ibnalzen al-Aseri |
Beheading (p) |
Murder |
|
07/05 |
Saudi Arabia |
Shalirm Yonha Koy & |
Beheading (p) |
Drugs |
|
07/05 |
Iran |
Zahra Nazari (f) |
Hanging |
Murder? |
|
08/05 |
Saudi Arabia |
Faleh bin Obeid bin Abidan al-Dahasi |
Beheading (p) |
Murder |
|
08-14/05 |
Iran |
15 unnamed men |
Hanging (p) |
Drugs |
|
09/05 |
America – Tennessee |
Philip Workman |
Injection |
Murder |
|
09/05 |
Saudi Arabia |
Khadija Bint Ibrahim Moussa (f) |
Beheading (p) |
Murder |
|
09/05 |
Pakistan |
Riaz Hussain Shah & |
Hanging |
Murder |
|
10/05 |
Saudi Arabia |
Mohammed Naseer Mohammed Sadiq |
Beheading (p) |
Drugs |
|
11/05 |
Saudi Arabia |
Sajad Khan Nur Qader, Lokman Achula Raji, Dheeb Ghulam Haydar and Amir Afdhal Khan Qader |
Beheading (p) |
Drugs |
|
13/05 |
Saudi Arabia |
Mufreh bin Ahmad bin Ali bin Hassan al-Missbali Assiri & |
Beheading (p) |
Murder |
|
14/05 |
Saudi Arabia |
Dakheel bin Hussein al-Nakhli, Fahd bin Jamaan al-Luhaibi, Mohammad bin Ibrahim al-Sahli & Raed bin Atallah al-Luhaibi |
Beheading (p) |
Rape and murder of a boy |
|
14/05 |
Saudi Arabia |
Hakem Rajouj Mutair al-Ziyadi & Seraj Mohammad Abdul Mohammad |
Beheading (p) |
Drugs |
|
14/05 |
Pakistan |
Arif and Zulfiqar |
Hanging |
Rape |
|
15/05 |
Saudi Arabia |
Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Abdulhadi al-Harbi & |
Beheading (p) |
Murder |
|
15/05 |
Iran |
Mohammad Safar, Alireza & Behzad |
Hanging |
Murder |
|
16/05 |
Saudi Arabia |
Ali Mohammed Ali and |
Beheading (p) |
Murder |
|
16/05 |
America – Texas |
Charles Edward Smith |
Injection |
Murder |
|
17/05 |
Saudi Arabia |
Layakat Ali Alf Gul & |
Beheading (p) |
Drugs |
|
19/05 |
Saudi Arabia |
Musfir bin Abdullah bin Ali al-Khuthaami |
Beheading (p) |
Murder |
|
20/05 |
Kuwait |
Khan Anwar Islam |
Hanging |
Drugs |
|
21/05 |
Saudi Arabia |
Amine Wali |
Beheading (p) |
Drugs |
|
22/05 |
Saudi Arabia |
Burhan al-Shammari & |
Beheading (p) |
Murder |
|
22/05 |
America – Arizona |
Robert Charles Comer |
Injection |
Murder |
|
23/05 |
Iran |
Ali Khashi |
Hanging |
Drugs |
|
23/05 |
Saudi Arabia |
Ayesh bin Hajhouj bin Nasir al-Atawi |
Beheading (p) |
Drugs |
|
24/05 |
America – Ohio |
Christopher Newton |
Injection |
Murder |
|
24/05 |
Saudi Arabia |
Sajjad Ahmad Momtaz Khan |
Beheading (p) |
Drugs |
|
28/05 |
Iran |
S. Gh, aka Rahmatollah, Hossein Mousavi & |
Hanging |
Armed revolt & murder |
|
29/05 |
Saudi Arabia |
Hamed bin Awadh bin Mohammed al-Harthi |
Beheading (p) |
Murder |
|
31/05 |
Pakistan |
Aslam Iqbal & Arshad Iqbal |
Hanging |
Murder |
(f) = female, (j) =
juvenile, (p) = public
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