two Thai nationals were sentenced to death by the High Court in Temerloh, central
a Japanese woman found guilty of murder lost her appeal against a death sentence, a
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Yemeni man convicted of fatally shooting a
the Tibet Daily reported that a Chinese court sentenced a Tibetan girl to death with a two-year reprieve and two others to long jail terms for setting fires that allegedly killed six people in the Lhasa riot in March 2008.
a man convicted of raping a woman five years ago was hanged in a prison in
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit denied habeas corpus relief to
the Vietnamese National Assembly Justice Committee presented a report
Iranian human rights activists say the execution of juvenile offender Delara Darabi has been postponed. Darabi, who was due to be executed on April 20, was sentenced to death for a murder she allegedly committed at the age of 17.
despite appeals to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to overturn the death penalty
Authorities have beheaded a Saudi woman convicted of shooting her husband and
the Sudan Human Rights Organisation (SHRO) criticised Sudanese Courts for
an Egyptian man was sentenced to death by a court of Giza, Egypt, which found him guilty of the murders of two girls in 2008.
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
