Many countries in the Middle East have legal systems that enforce the death penalty in non-violent crimes and matters that have no victim at all such as apostasy (conversion from Islam) and homosexuality. Many of those countries have public executions, condemn minors and encourage the public to view and participate in the murder (in the case of stonings).
Israel is the only country in the region to not carry out the death penalty for any person in the past 50 years.
Number of people executed (2012):
- Iran: 314+
- Saudi Arabia: 82+
- Iraq: 68+
- Yemen 28+
- Somalia 10
- Sudan 7+
- Palestinian Authority: 6
- South Sudan 5
- Syria 1 (thousands in Civil War not included)
- UAE 1
80% of Iranian executions are for drug offenses
Executed Minors (under 18 years old):
- Iran
- Saudi Arabia
Most of the minors in Iran are killed for drug offenses
Judicial Method of Execution
- Bahrain: Shooting
- Egypt: Hanging
- Ethiopia: Shooting
- Iran: Hanging, often in public (floggings often before the hanging); stoning (women buried to the neck, men to the waist)
- Iraq: Hanging; shooting
- Jordan: Hanging.
- Kuwait: Hanging; shooting
- Lebanon: Hanging (civilian court); shooting (military court)
- Libya: Shooting
- Palestinian Authority: Hanging
- Qatar: Stoning
- Saudi Arabia: Beheading (often in public); hanging; stoning
- Somalia: Shooting; stoning
- Sudan: Hanging; stoning; crucifixion afterwards for armed robbery
- Syria: Hanging (civilian court); shooting (military court)
- UAE: Shooting; stoning
- Yemen: Shooting (vast majority); stoning. Post execution public crucifixion allowed for three days
Stoning is used for cases of adultery
Man stoned in Somalia for adultery
- Iran
- Saudi Arabia
- Somalia
- Yemen
Saudi Arabia publicly beheads a nanny,
January 2013
Reason for Capital Punishment [last execution]
- Bahrain: premeditated murder; treason [2010]
- Egypt: rape; murder; treason; drug trafficking [2014]
- Ethiopia: murder; treason; genocide [2007]
- Iran: adultery; homosexuality; murder; armed robbery; drug trafficking; kidnapping;rape; paedophilia; apostasy [2014]
- Iraq: drug dealing; rape; terrorism [2014]
- Israel: Crimes against humanity [1962]
- Jordan: Murder [2006]
- Kuwait: drug trafficking; rape; murder [2013]
- Lebanon: murder [2004]
- Libya: treason; premeditated murder [2010]
- Oman: murder; drug trafficking [2007]
- Palestinian Authority: murder; collaboration [2014]
- Qatar: treason; apostasy [2003]
- Saudi Arabia: drug trafficking; homosexuality; atheism; apostasy; adultery; rape; armed robbery; witchcraft; murder [2014]
- Somalia: homosexuality; murder; adultery [2014]
- South Sudan: murder; treason; drug dealing [2013]
- Sudan: Homosexuality; apostasy; prostitution; treason; murder; armed robbery; smuggling [2013]
- Syria: speaking against the government; rape; membership in Muslim Brotherhood; drug trafficking [2014]
- UAE: drug trafficking; rape; treason; armed robbery [2014]
- Yemen: homosexuality; adultery; apostasy; murder [2013]
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_country
http://www.deathpenaltyworldwide.org/search.cfm
http://www.btselem.org/inter_palestinian_violations/death_penalty_statistics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_execution
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/09/hamas-public-executions-gaza-amnesty
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