Executions in August 2007.

Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported this month.

Country

No of executions

America

6

Bahrain

 

Bangladesh

 

Botswana

 

China

2

Congo

 

Egypt

 

Ethiopia

1

Iran

27

Iraq

11

Japan

3

Jordan

 

Kuwait

 

Libya

 

Malaysia

 

Pakistan

 

Saudi Arabia

13

Singapore

 

Somalia

1

Sudan

 

Taiwan

 

Vietnam

 

Yemen

 

Total

64

64 men were executed in August 2007, their details are as under.

Date

Country

Name

Method

Crime

01/08

Iran

9 unnamed men

Hanging (7p)

Rape & robbery

01/08

Saudi Arabia

Fawaz Bin Ali al-Harithi

Beheading (p)

Murder

02/07

Iran

Majid & Hossein Kavousifar

Hanging (p)

Murder

03/08

Saudi Arabia

Adnan Mohammad Ishfak & Mohammad Noaman Mohammad

Beheading (p)

Armed robbery

03/08

Saudi Arabia

Jahangir Mohammed Zarin bin Adam Khan Muhannad, Noureddin Mohammed, Omar Hayat Sardar & Zuhair Hosain Mohammad

Beheading (p)

Drugs

04/08

Saudi Arabia

Rahatullah Ghareeb Gul

Beheading (p)

Drugs

06/08

Iran

Abdolaziz Esmail Zehi, Abdoljamal Shahbakhsh and Ali Akbar Shahbakhsh

Hanging

Drugs & armed assault

06/08

Ethiopia

Major Tsehaye Woldesellasie

Shooting

Murder

07/08

Saudi Arabia

Iftikhar Khan Aziz Khan

Beheading (p)

Drugs

07/08

Iran

Nasser-Morad Qolipour

Hanging (p)

Murder

12/08

Iran

Taghi

Hanging (p)

Murder

14/08

Iran

M. T. and M. R

Hanging

Drugs

15/08

America – Texas

Kenneth Parr

Injection

Murder

16/08

Iran

1 unnamed man

Hanging (p)

Murder

17/08

Saudi Arabia

Aaed bin Ajab Al Qahtani &
Fahed Abdullah Al Bureidi

Beheading (p)

Murder
Rape

19/08

Iran

Mahmoud Moghimi, Mohammad Sharei &
Davoud Sharei

Hanging (p)

Rape

19/08

China

Wang Zuguang & Xu Lianke

Injection (?)

Drugs

20/08

Saudi Arabia

Abdullah Bin Mohammed al-Otaibi

Beheading (p)

Murder

21/08

America – Oklahoma

Frank Duane Welch

Injection

Murder

21/08

Iran

Ali Qalandari & Rasul Gord

Hanging

Unknown

22/08

Iraq

11 unnamed men

Hanging

Murder/rape/terrorism

22/08

America – Texas

Johnny Ray Conner

Injection

Murder

23/08

Japan

Hifumi Takezawa, Yoshio Iwamoto and Kozo Segawa

Hanging

Murder

23/08

Somalia

Abdiwahid Mohamed Hussein

Shooting

Murder

23/08

Iran

Shokrollah Kordi Tamandani and Hassan Choob

Hanging

Drugs

23/08

Iran

Allahqoli Q

Hanging (p)

Murder

23/08

Saudi Arabia

Wassim bin Ali bin Ahmed al-Ghamdi

Beheading (p)

Murder

23/08

America – Alabama

Luther Jerome Williams

Injection

Murder

28/08

America – Texas

DaRoyce Mosley

Injection

Murder

29/08

America – Texas

John Joe Amador

Injection

Murder

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

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