Executions in October 2014

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

6

America (USA)

1

Bangladesh

 

Belarus

 

Botswana

 

China

2

Egypt

 

Iran

42

Iraq

 

Japan

 

Kuwait

 

North Korea

 

Pakistan

 

Palestine (Gaza)

 

Saudi Arabia

7

Singapore

 

Somalia

2

Taiwan

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

59 men and 1 woman were executed in October, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

08/10

Iran

Alireza Morad Gholi

Hanging

Murder

08/10

Afghanistan

Azizullah, Nazar Mohammad, Qaisullah, Samiullah and Habibullah

Hanging

Rape

08/10

Afghanistan

Habib Istalif

Hanging

Murder & gang crimes

14/10

Saudi Arabia

Hamed bin Awadh bin Hawi al-Anzi

Beheading (p)

Drugs

15/10

Saudi Arabia

Mohammad Yunus Mohammed Shoaib

Beheading (p)

Drugs

16/10

China

Ma Yongdong

Injection?

Murder

18/10

Iran

Nejat Karimi, Esfandiar Ghahremani, Bahram Sadighi, A’rash Sigari and Fakhredin Zendehdeh

Hanging

Drugs

19/10

Iran

Fardin Jaffarian (j)

Hanging

Murder

19/10

Iran

A. M., M. H., M. A. & M. A.

Hanging

Drugs

20/10

Iran

Benjamin Nagy and Hamid Abedi + 5 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

21/10

Saudi Arabia

Baz Mohammed Ghul Mohammed

Beheading (p)

Drugs

22/10

Iran

H. S.

Hanging

Murder

24/10

Saudi Arabia

Butha Mushtaq

Beheading (p)

Drugs

24/10

Iran

H. R.

Hanging

Murder

25/10

Iran

M.P., S. A., R. T., M. S. & A. R.
3 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs
Armed robbery

25/10

Iran

Reyhaneh Jabbari (f)
Muhammad Qorbanzadeh

Hanging

Murder

25/10

Somalia

Ali Bashir Osman and Abdulahi Sharif

Shooting (p)

Murder

27/10

Iran

Salahedin Behnam, Rashid Alizadeh, Reza Tahmasbi and Younes Golbahar and Latif Mohammadi

Hanging

Drugs

Armed robbery

27/10

Saudi Arabia

Mohammed Gul Rahma & Mohammed bin Noun bin Nasser Al-Dhufairi

Beheading (p)

Drugs

28/10

America - Texas

Miguel Paredes

Injection

Murder

28/10

Iran

Resid Elizade, Selahedin Melayi & 2 unnamed men

Hanging

Drugs

29/10

Iran

Ibrahim Chopani, Hamed Hajilo and Keyhan Yousefi

Hanging

Murder

30/10

Saudi Arabia

Hadi bin Rashid al-Dosari

Beheading (p)

Murder

31/10

China

Han Lei

Injection

Murder

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

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