New Japanese Justice Minister Keiko Chiba said she will deal carefully with death penalty cases and called for a wide-ranging debate on whether capital punishment should be abolished.
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Anwar Nazeer sentenced two men to death
Luzira Prison in Uganda has 17 juveniles sentenced to death but cannot be hanged because they committed the offences when they were below 18 years, said the Report launched by the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative.
Minister of State for Justice and Keeper of the Seals Tayeb Belaiz has expressed Algeria's appreciation for
the UPDF 5th Division Court Martial sitting at Acholpii in Pader District, Uganda, sentenced a Local
two Indonesian nationals from East Aceh were sentenced to death by hanging by the Shah Alam court in
China executed four men for drug production, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) said.
Indonesia's province of Aceh passed a new law making adultery punishable by stoning to death, a member of the province's parliament said.
a Shah Alam court in Selangor, Malaysia, sentenced an Indonesian national to death. Judge Su Geok Yiam
Indonesia's staunchly Muslim Aceh province is set to enforce a strict form of Islamic criminal law, including
drunk drivers caught in Shanghai will face a minimum 15 days in detention and a maximum death penalty, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau announced.
in Nigeria, Chief Justice Bemari Bansi of the Yola High Court sentenced Patrick Ozeoma to hang for a
To Mr Volker Turk - the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and to Ms. Mai Sato - the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran
