Iraq's government called on the presidential council to ratify the death sentences against former officials from Saddam Hussein's regime so that the punishments can be carried out.
the Anambra State House of Assembly in Nigeria passed a bill
a 43-year-old Japanese man convicted of murder was given the death penalty
a Saudi Arabian man was beheaded by the sword for shooting dead a Bangladeshi
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has overseen a steep
The New Mexico Senate passed HB285 (a repeal bill) 24-18. The House had approved
Four people were executed by hanging in the Adelabad prison of Shiraz
a primary court in western Herat province, Afghanistan, sentenced three to death
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a man convicted of petty theft and running a
Iran hanged four convicted drug smugglers in a prison in the eastern town of Tabas,
seventy-six percent of surveyed North Korean defectors say they witnessed public
the Belarusian authorities are unlikely to agree to abolish the death penalty in the
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
