the gradual abolition of the death penalty is the Taiwanese government's aim, Justice Minister
the Chinese Supreme People's Court announced that Japanese nationals Teruo Takeda, 67, Hironori Ukai
Sixteen persons were sentenced to death in India by a Bihar court for their involvement in
Hamas rejected rights group' call for not resuming executions in the Gaza Strip.
An Ethiopian court has handed down a death sentence to an alleged leader
Hamas authorities should rescind a recent announcement that they intend to resume application
An appeals court in Yemen upheld the death sentence against Bassam al-Haidari who was found guilty of contacts with former Israeli premier Ehud Olmert on the Internet to plot against Yemen.
North Korea executed two top financial officials in a desperate attempt to quell public anger at its bungled currency revaluation, South Korean news reports and analysts said.
to the court in Mahabad in the Iranian Kurdish province of Urmiyeh, Caziye Dervis Zade and her
labourer Shukor Md Noor, 29, was sentenced to death by Judicial commissioner
Japan’s controlling Democratic Party approved a draft law that would abolish the statute of limitations for
in 2009, at least 714 people were put to death in 18 countries and 2001 were
