Two men were hanged in the prison of Zahedan (south-eastern Iran) early this morning reported
Iran executed 10 men for drug trafficking in the western Kermanshah Province, the province’s
Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a citizen convicted of murdering his father following a dispute
in a setback to opponents of capital punishment, the Indian Supreme Court enlarged
An Iraqi court condemned Saddam Hussein's notorious henchman, "Chemical Ali" Hassan
One man identified as Mehdi Ghasemzadeh was hanged in the prison of Orumieh (northwestern
Twenty-eight members of a Shiite messianic cult responsible for brutal attacks on
A former planning official from southwest China's Chongqing municipality was sentenced to death
A clutch of American states are considering whether to abolish capital punishment because of the
the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, upheld the death sentence of Egyptian
three people were sentenced to death in Bangladesh in 77 women trafficking cases from
Three men were hanged in Ahwaz, capital of the Iranian oil rich province of Khuzestan
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