19 September 2008 :

two men were executed in Yemen for drug trafficking and murder. At the Central Prison in Sana'a, a death penalty was executed on the Pakistani drugs trafficker Birkhan Afridibar Hussein, aged 50, according to the sentence issued against him by the Penal Court and approved by President of the Republic.
The accused convicted was arrested on January 22, 2004.
Another death penalty was also executed on the Yemeni Hussein Hadi Saleh al-Tam who was convicted of a killing crime which led to the death five security individuals.
The convicted was arrested on April 10, 2004.