Executions in May 2019

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country	No of executions
Afghanistan
America (USA)	5
Bangladesh
Belarus
Botswana
Chad
China
Egypt
Indonesia
Iran	8
Iraq
Japan
Jordan
Kuwait
Malaysia
Nigeria
Pakistan
Palestine (Gaza)
Saudi Arabia	2
Singapore
Somalia
Sudan
Taiwan
UAE
Vietnam
Yemen

15 men were executed in May, their details are as under.

Date	Country	Name	Method	Crime
01/05	Saudi Arabia	Tariq bin Khamis bin Mohammed al-Sousan	Beheading (p)	Drugs
01/05	Saudi Arabia	Abdulrahman bin Salem bin Mohammed al-Wadaei	Beheading (p)	Murder
02/05	America - Texas	Scotty Garnell Morrow	Injection	Murder
03/05	Iran	Ali Alaei & Noorullah Zanganeh	Hanging	Murder
06/05	Iran	Seyed Hamidreza Hossein Khani, Majid Kazemi, Mohammad Hemmati, and Mohammad Davood Abadi	Hanging	Drugs
07/05	Iran	Shahin Samadi	Hanging	Murder
16/05	America - Alabama	Michael Brandon Samra	Injection	Murder
16/05	America - Tennessee	Don Johnson	Injection	Murder
23/05	Iran	Mehdi Zarghafir	Hanging (p)	Armed robbery
23/05	America - Florida	Bobby Joe Long	Injection	Murder
30/05	America - Alabama	Christopher Lee Price	Injection	Murder

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

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