Executions in May 2021

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America (USA)

1

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

Chad

 

China

 

Egypt

1

India

 

Iran

24

Iraq

 

Japan

 

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Malaysia

 

Nigeria

 

Pakistan

 

Qatar

 

Saudi Arabia

5

Singapore

 

Somalia

 

South Sudan

 

Taiwan

 

UAE

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

29 men and 2 women were executed in May, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

09/05

Egypt

Isaiah al-Maqari

Hanging

Murder

15/05

Iran

Ali Murad Zabiei

Hanging

Drugs

15/05

Iran

Behzad Adl

Hanging

Rape

15/05

Iran - announced 15/05
executed in last three months

Abdul Raouf,
Abdolrahman Saberinia & Mehrshad Shahbakhsh

Hanging

Drugs

16/05

Iran

Jamal Mohammadi
Amir Bayati

Hanging

Murder

17/05

Iran

Mehran Naroui

Hanging

Drugs

17/05

Saudi Arabia

Adel bin Ahmed bin Mohammed al-Zahrani

Beheading (p)

Murder

19/05

Iran

Qasim B.

Hanging

Rape

19/05

Iran

Younes Tutazahi and Abdullah Tutazahi

Hanging

Drugs

19/05

Saudi Arabia

Nayef bin Mafdhi bin Kadiran al-Dhafiri

Beheading (p)

Murder

19/05

America - Texas

Quintin Jones

Lethal injection

Murder

20/05

Iran

Sajad A.T.

Hanging

Murder

20/05

Saudi Arabia

Oz al-Said Attiyah Moahmmed

Beheading (p)

Murder

23/05

Iran

Kobra Fatemi (f)

Hanging

Murder

24/05

Iran

Kianoosh Ali-Moradi and Ahmad Qodrati

Hanging

Drugs

25/05

Iran

Javad Nakhaei, Mohammad Reza Herati, Reza Azarian, Ruhollah Rigi and Reza Asadi +
1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

25/05

Saudi Arabia

Mufid bin Said bin Saad al-Hazmi

Beheading (p)

Murder

26/05

Saudi Arabia

Hussein bin Hanaf bin Qasem Haqawi

Beheading (p)

Murder

30/05

Iran

Yousef Pirastavan and Shamsi Pirastavan (f)

Hanging

Drugs

30/05

Iran

Shahin Mirkhani

Hanging

Drugs

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

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