A court in the United Arab Emirates condemned to death a renowned footballer and
Amnesty International renewed its calls for Japan to abolish its use of the death
Countries in Asia carried out more executions in 2008 than the rest of the world put
a court in Yemen sentenced a man to death for allegedly offering to spy for Israel.
One man was hanged last week in the prison of Sirjan (south-east Iranian province
Minister of Interior, Major-General Godwin Abbe (rtd), said in Abuja that close to 200
the Tunisian court of Cassation confirmed the death penalty of a man found guilty of
in China, the Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Qiu Jianhua to
in Vietnam, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Supreme Court upheld a death sentence
the Tokyo High Court in Japan gave the death penalty to a billing-fraud group member
Two men were hanged in the prison of Sari (northern Iran), reported the official site of
the Nagoya District Court in Japan sentenced two men to death and another to life
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
