Three men were hanged in the prison of Hamedan, western part of Iran, reported the

Iran hanged three men convicted of murder and drug trafficking in the central city of

Nigerian national Qorbi bin Musa Adam was beheaded by the sword in Jeddah, Saudi

Iran hanged a man convicted of drug trafficking in the central city of Isfahan, government newspaper Iran reported.

Iran hanged two men convicted of murder in the central city of Isfahan, government newspaper Iran reported.

Moroccan King Mohammed VI has amnestied about 24,000 prisoners to mark the 10th

Zimbabwean citizen Gerald Dube is set to hang in Botswana after his appeal was

the positive evolution around the world over the last ten years towards the abolition of

“Italy has always been first in line against the death penalty” and it is “an obligation to continue to fight for the inviolability of life and against the culture of death.” This was the warning of the President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, against capital punishment. He said this in a message sent on occasion of the ceremony awarding the "Abolitionist of the Year 2009” Prize, given by Hands Off Cain to the Governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson, and Parliamentarian Gail Chasey.

China is to reduce the number of people it executes to "an extremely small number", a top court official says.

a court in the breakaway Somali province of Somaliland sentenced five men to death in

Japan hanged three inmates convicted of multiple murders including a Chinese national