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This is a list of the most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries. Extrajudicial executions and killings are not included. In general, executions performed in the territory of a sovereign state when it was a colony or before the sovereign state gained independence are not included. The colours on the map correspond to and have the same meanings as the colours in the charts.
#
Country
Last execution date
Name
Crime
Method
Algeria
August 1993 [ 1]
seven unnamed Islamic terrorists
terrorism
firing squad
Angola
never used [ 2]
Benin
23 September 1987 [ 3]
murder
Botswana
25 May 2016 [ 4]
Patrick Gabaakanye
murder
hanging
Burkina Faso
1988 [ 3]
murder
Burundi
2000 [ 5]
2 soldiers
murder
Cameroon
January 1997 [ 6]
unnamed man
hanging
Cape Verde
none since independence on 5 July 1975 [ 3]
Central African Republic
1981 [ 7]
Chad
29 August 2015 [ 8]
Mahamat Mustapha and nine unnamed men
terrorism
firearm
Comoros
1997 [ 9]
DR Congo
9 January 2006 [ 10]
unnamed soldier
murder
firearm
Congo
October 1982 [ 11]
2 men
murder
firing squad
Ivory Coast
none since independence on 7 August 1960 [ 3]
Djibouti
none since independence on 27 June 1977 [ 12]
Egypt
17 May 2015 [ 13]
six unnamed men
terrorist murders
hanging
Equatorial Guinea
21 August 2010 [ 14]
Jose Abeso Nsue , Manuel Ndong Anseme , Alipio Ndong Asumu , and Jacinto Micha Obiang
terrorism and treason
firearm
Eritrea
Ethiopia
6 August 2007 [ 15]
Major Tsehaye Woldesellasie
murder
firearm
Gabon
1981 [ 16]
firing squad
Gambia
24 August 2012 [ 17] [ 18]
Lamin B. Darboe, Alieu Bah, Lamin Jarju, Dawda Bojang, Abubacarr Yarboi, Malang Sonko, Lamin F. Jammeh, Gibril Bah and Tabara Samba
Treason and murder
firearm
Ghana
12 July 1993 [ 6]
12 men
murder and robbery
firearm
Guinea
21 April 2001 [ 3] [ 19]
3 people
robbery
firearm
Guinea-Bissau
1986 [ 20]
Kenya
9 July 1987 [ 6]
Hezekiah Ochuka and Pancras Oteyo Okumu
treason
hanging
Lesotho
1984 [ 6]
6 people
treason
Liberia
November 1995 [ 3]
7 commanders of the Conseil de paix au Libéria
war crimes
firearm
Libya
30 May 2010 [ 21]
18 unnamed men
murder
firearm
Madagascar
none since independence on 26 June 1960 [ 22]
Malawi
26 September 1992 [ 6] [ 23]
hanging
Mali
21 August 1980 [ 3] [ 24]
Mamadou Keita and Karuba Coulibaly
murder
firearm
Mauritania
1987 [ 3]
3 armed forces officers
treason
firing squad
Mauritius
10 October 1987 [ 6]
Eshan Nayeck
murder
hanging
Morocco
1993 [ 25]
Mohammed Tabet
rape
firing squad
Mozambique
May 1986 [ 6]
Namibia
May 1988 [ 6]
Sagarias Ariseb
murder
hanging
Niger
1976 [ 3]
Bayéré Moussa , Sidi Mohamed , and Ahmed Mouddour
treason
Nigeria
24 June 2013 [ 26]
Chima Ejiofor, Daniel Nsofor, Osarenmwinda Aiguokhan, and Richard Igagu
murder and armed robbery
hanging
Rwanda
24 April 1998 [ 27]
Froduald Karamira and at least 21 others
genocide
firing squad
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
1976
São Tomé and Príncipe
none since independence on 12 July 1975 [ 2]
Senegal
15 June 1967 [ 28] [ 29]
Moustapha Lô
treason (attempted murder of the president )
firing squad
Seychelles
none since independence on 29 June 1976 [ 2]
Sierra Leone
19 October 1998 [ 6]
24 soldiers (23 men, 1 woman)
high treason
public firing squad
Somalia
14 August 2016 [ 30]
Aydarus Dahir
murder
shooting by firearm
Somaliland
17 January 2016 [ 31]
Muna Mohamed Abdilahi and Mohamed Ahmed Abdi Abdule Hasan
murder
shooting by firearm
South Africa
14 November 1989 [ 6]
Solomon Ngobeni
murder
hanging
Bophuthatswana
13 December 1990 [ 6] [ 32]
Alpheus Sekoboane
murder
hanging
Ciskei
Transkei
Venda
31 January 1991 [ 6]
John Tsakani Chauke
hanging
South Sudan
18 August 2016 [ 30]
two unnamed men
murder
shooting by firearm
Sudan
14 September 2014 [ 33]
Ahmed Mohamed Adam and Idris Bahar
terrorism murder
hanging
Eswatini
2 July 1983 [ 6]
Philippa Mdluli
murder
hanging
Tanzania
October 1994 [ 6]
7 unnamed men, 1 unnamed woman
Togo
1978 [ 3]
M. Adjata Koffi
murder
Tunisia
1991 [ 34]
Jihad Matiki
murder and terrorism
hanging
Uganda
3 March 2003 [ 6]
Richard Wigiri , Kambacho Ssenyonji , and Alfred Okech
murder
hanging
Zambia
October 1997 [ 6]
Abraham Kasongo , Nelson Ngindano , Dennis Chembe , Robert Mulumbi , David Kapunga , John Gombo , Joe Chilada and Christopher Oldfield
murder
hanging
Zimbabwe
13 June 2003 [ 6]
Stephen Chidhumo , Elias Chauke , William Mukurugunye , and John Nyamazana
murder
hanging
#
Country
Last execution date
Name
Crime
Method
Afghanistan
8 May 2016 [ 4]
six unnamed men
terrorism
hanging
Armenia
30 August 1991 [ 35]
unnamed man
murder
single firearm
Azerbaijan
1992 [ 36]
Bahrain
8 July 2010 [ 37]
Jassim Abdulmanan
murder
firearm
Bangladesh
16 October 2016 [ 38]
Asadul Islam Arif
terrorism
hanging
Bhutan
1964 [ 39]
Brunei
none since independence on 1 January 1984 [ 6]
Cambodia
1989
China
26 October 2016 [ 38]
Li Xiuling
murder
lethal injection
East Timor
none since independence on 20 May 2002 [ 2]
Hong Kong
16 November 1966 [ 40] [ 41]
Wong Kai Kei[ 42]
robbery -murder
hanging
India
30 July 2015 [ 43]
Yakub Memon
terrorism
hanging
Indonesia
29 July 2016 [ 44]
Freddy Budiman, Seck Osmane, Michael Titus Igweh, and Humphrey Ejike
drug offences
firing squad
Iran
25 October 2016 [ 38]
Saeed Pourhassan, Mehrshad Kalhori, Milad Beigdeli, and two unnamed men
drug offences
hanging
Iraq
8 September 2016 [ 45]
Ahmad Husni Shwahneh
terrorism
hanging
Israel
31 May 1962
Adolf Eichmann
crimes against humanity , crimes against the Jewish people
hanging
Japan
25 March 2016 [ 46]
Yasutoshi Kamata and Junko Yoshida
murder
hanging
Jordan
4 February 2015 [ 47] [ 48]
Sajida al-Rishawi and Ziad al-Karbouli
terrorism
hanging
Kazakhstan
2003
North Korea
12 December 2013 [ 49] [ 50]
Jang Sung-taek and seven unnamed men
treason
firing squad
South Korea
31 December 1997 [ 51]
23 people
hanging
Kuwait
18 June 2013 [ 52]
Ahmadi Abdulsalam Hajjaj Al-Saadi
murder and multiple child rapes
hanging
Kyrgyzstan
none since independence on 25 December 1991
Laos
1989 [ 53]
Lebanon
17 January 2004 [ 54]
three men
murder
hanging
Macau
Malaysia
23 September 2016 [ 45]
Ahmad Najib Aris
murder
hanging
Maldives
none since independence on 26 July 1965 [ 6]
Mongolia
2005 [ 55]
Myanmar
13 March 2016 [ 46]
Yan Lu and Li Jian Guo
murder
firearm
Republic of Artsakh
never used
Nepal
1979 [ 56]
Oman
2007 [ 57]
Pakistan
17 August 2016 [ 30]
"Salman"
murder
hanging
Palestine
31 May 2016 [ 4]
three unnamed men
murder
one by firearm ; two by hanging
Philippines
4 January 2000 [ 58]
Alex Bartolome
child rape
lethal injection
Qatar
10 March 2003 [ 59]
Arun Abraham
murder
firing squad [ 60]
Saudi Arabia
27 October 2016 [ 38]
Nawaf bin Hamed bin Salem al-Hamali
murder
public beheading by sword
Singapore
20 May 2016 [ 4]
Kho Jabing
murder
hanging
Sri Lanka
23 June 1976 [ 6]
Chardradasa Jayasinghe
murder
hanging
Syria
25 October 2007 [ 61]
Ridhwan Abdulqadr Hassan Mohammed , Kheiro Khalif al-Fares , Abdulhayi Feisal Abdulhayi , Saleh Boussef Mahmoud , and Hassan Hamed Khalouf
murder
public hanging
Taiwan
10 May 2016 [ 4]
Cheng Chieh
murder
firearm
Tajikistan
April 2004 [ 62]
Rachabmurod Chumayev , Umed Idiyev , Akbar Radzshabov , and Mukharam Fatkhulloyev
mass murder
firing squad
Thailand
24 August 2009 [ 63]
Bundit Jaroenwanit and Jirawat Poompreuk
drug offences
lethal injection
Turkmenistan
1997 [ 2]
Turkey
25 October 1984 [ 35]
Hidir Aslan
murder
hanging
United Arab Emirates
13 July 2015 [ 43]
Ala'a Badr Abdullah al-Hashemi
murder
firearm
Uzbekistan
10 August 2004 [ 35] (last known)
Azizbek Karimov and Yusuf Zhumayev
single firearm
Vietnam
22 July 2014 [ 64]
Nguyen Duc Nghia and two unnamed men
murder
lethal injection
Yemen
9 March 2013 [ 65]
Mohammed Haza'a
murder
firearm
See also
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