the Gaza-based Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemned a Palestinian military court's order sentencing a West Bank resident to death for treason and selling property to Israelis.
the five-day trial of a notorious Ho Chi Minh City gang in Vietnam ended with four
a Palestinian court sentenced a man to death by hanging for selling West Bank land to
The Somali parliament unanimously approved a government proposal to introduce
a lorry driver was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court after he was found guilty of trafficking in 511g of cannabis.
Iran has hanged three convicted criminals, two murderers and a drug trafficker, in a
two people were hanged in the prison of Ahwaz (southern Iranian province of Khuzestan), reported the official Iranian news agency Irna.
a Jordanian man was sentenced to death by hanging for raping a teenaged cousin and
A Sudanese court sentenced another 11 Darfur rebels to death for a deadly attack on
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza promulgated the new criminal code which abolishes the death penalty but makes homosexuality a crime punishable by jail.
There are currently 45 people on death row in Jordan, including five women, mostly
the Indian Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence of a Kerala man for
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
