Islamists in southern Somalia have stoned a man to death for adultery but spared his pregnant girlfriend until
Chinese authorities have executed nine people who had been convicted over riots in the Xinjiang region in July, Chinese officials have said.
Hasan bin Ahmed al-Qarni was beheaded by the sword in the western region of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Four men were hanged in the prison of Kerman (southeastern Iran) early this morning, reported the state run news agency Fars.
Beijing will adopt lethal injection next year for all death row inmates, and a lethal injection room has already
the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) condemned a proposal in Uganda to
five men were sentenced to death in Iraq for murdering the head of Saddam Hussein’s Sunni tribe, the
The next Hands Off Cain Congress will be held on December 17 and 18 in a special location: the Padova
Two Sri Lankans, one of them a woman, and an Indian were beheaded by the sword in the Red Sea city of Jeddah for theft and murder, the Saudi interior ministry said.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ruled out granting clemency to more than 1,000 Iraqi detainees
a Saudi Arabian court upheld a sentence to behead and then crucify a 22-year-old man convicted of raping
the decision to apply a moratorium on capital punishment in Russia was made by Boris Yeltsin and then
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
