Executions in May 2018

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country	No of executions
Afghanistan
America (USA)	2
Bangladesh
Belarus	2
Botswana	1
Chad
China
Egypt
Indonesia
Iran	19
Iraq
Japan
Jordan
Kuwait
Malaysia
Nigeria
Pakistan
Palestine (Gaza)
Saudi Arabia	5
Singapore
Somalia
Sudan
Syria
UAE
Vietnam
Yemen

29 men were executed in May, their details are as under. Note : Ramadan commenced in mid May.

Date	Country	Name	Method	Crime
01/05	Saudi Arabia	Abu Talib bin Ali bin Ahmed Qaisi and Mohammed bin Aayedh bin Mohamas al-Qahtani	Beheading (p)	Murder
03/05	Iran	Abdul Basta Rahmani	Hanging	Murder
04/05	America - Georgia	Robert Earl Butts Jr.	Injection	Murder
05/05	Iran	A. F.	Hanging	Murder
09/05	Iran	Reza Hamidi	Hanging	Murder
10/05	Iran	Kiomars Nasouhi	Hanging	Drugs
10/05	Saudi Arabia	Mazin bin Mohammed bin Sadaqah Hanifa	Shooting	Murder
12/05	Iran	2 unnamed men	Hanging	Murder/robbery
13/05	Iran	Mohammad Sarhadi & Jafar Firouzkhani	Hanging	Murder
13/05	Saudi Arabia	Jameel Bin Mohammad Al Aseeri	Beheading (p)	Armed robbery
14/05	Iran	Khalil Agosh, Soheil Mir Bakhsh, Mojtaba Karamiyan & Muhammad Sarhadi	Hanging	Murder
14/05	Saudi Arabia	Hadi bin Hassan bin Hadi al-Mashikhi	Beheading (p)	Murder
15/05	Iran	1 unnamed man	Hanging (p)	Murder
16/05	Iran	2 unnamed men	Hanging (p)	Rape
16/05	Iran	Babak Rezaei	Hanging	Murder
16/05	America - Texas	Juan Edward Castillo	Injection	Murder
17/05	Iran	Babak Reza'I Mojtaba Karamian Mohammad Sarhadi	Hanging	Murder
26/05	Botswana	Uyapo Poloko	Hanging	Murder
Mid May	Belarus	Viktar Liotau and Alyaksey Mikhalenia	Shooting	Murder

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

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