Executions in September 2008.

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

Afghanistan

 

America

4

Bahrain

 

Botswana

1

China

3

Egypt

 

Iran

1

Indonesia

2

Japan

3

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Libya

 

Malaysia

 

North Korea

 

Pakistan

 

Saudi Arabia

 

Somalia

 

Sudan

 

UAE

 

Yemen

1

Total

15

15 men were executed in September 2008, their details are as under.  September was the Muslim month of Ramadan
and there were no executions in most Arab countries.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/09

Iran

Z. K. (1 man)

Hanging

Murder

04/09

China

Abduhalik Muzht

Shooting?

Murder

05/09

Indonesia

Samuel Okoye &
Hansen Nwaolisa

Shooting

Drugs

05/09

China

Lt. Dai Yibiao

Shooting?

Espionage

10/09

China

Luo Yanlin,

Injection?

Multiple rape

10/09

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging

Drugs

11/09

Japan

Yoshiyuki Mantani,
Mineteru Yamamoto &
Isamu Hirano

Hanging

Murder

16/09

AmericaGeorgia

Jack Alderman

Injection

Murder

17/09

AmericaTexas

William Murray

Injection

Murder

17/09

Yemen

Birkhan Afridibar Hussein
Hussein Hadi Saleh al-Tam

Shooting

Drugs
Murder

19/09

Botswana

Kedisaletse Tsobane

Hanging

Murder

23/09

AmericaFlorida

Richard Henyard

Injection

Murder

25/09

America – 0klahoma

Jesse James Cummings

Injection

Murder

29/09

Iran

Homayon Shabestari (j)

Hanging

Murder

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

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