Kuwait: Further information on Imminent Execution

Index Number: MDE 17/007/2002
Date Published: 1 July 2002
Categories: Kuwait, Middle East And North Africa

Mohammad Zahar Abdul Sattar, Anwar al-Zamaan, and Anwar Khan Mohammad were executed by hanging on 30 June at around 8.00 am, local time. The men reportedly took nine, twelve, and thirteen minutes respectively to die. It was reported that their bodies were left for “public viewing” for fifteen minutes following their execution.