Iran hanged in public five men convicted of murder, rape, armed robbery and kidnapping, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Chinese courts were told to pronounce a two-year suspension of execution for condemned criminals if an immediate execution is not deemed necessary.
Thirteen members of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, including eight on death row, were
One man was hanged in Behbehan, southwest of Iran, early in the morning May, reported
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani convicted of killing a fellow citizen in the holy city
Two Saudis convicted of murder were beheaded in Tabuk in the kingdom's north, the
Three people were hanged in Oroumieh prison in northwestern Iran early
A criminal court in Cairo sentenced to death a police officer for killing protesters, the first such penalty
Iran hanged three men in Isfahan after convicting them of murder and drug smuggling
death row prisoners started a fast unto death campaign at the Welikada prison in Colombo
An Ohio man was executed in the morning after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal, officials said.
National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN) and organizations working in Pakistan