Authorities have hanged a man in south-western Iran, state media
a part time taxi driver was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court after he
Governor Ted Strickland of Ohio has granted clemency sparing the life of Jeffrey D. Hill.
Northeast China's Liaoning Province will abandon execution by shooting and
the New Mexico House of Representatives voted to abolish New Mexico's death
three convicts in the sensational Minu Ara murder case in Bangladesh were executed in the Jessore central jail.
English authorities recognised the political refugee status of Iranian lesbian Pegah Emambakhsh, the Radical Association Certi Diritti said.
A former capital airports holding company chief was given a death sentence for bribery and embezzlement
three Iranians convicted of killing a businessman were hanged in the western city of Kermanshah, a newspaper reported.
the Nigerian Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence of Suleiman Olawale Arogundare for killing his
the Sana'a Court of Appeals in Yemen upheld the death sentence against a man for rape
Three Yemenis have been executed by firing squads after being convicted in separate cases of murder, 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
