the High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia, sentenced a tyre shop assistant to hang for trafficking 625.7g of

In July 2009, at least 1,000 prisoners were believed to be on death row, including about 150 prisoners who had exhausted all means of appeal or clemency, Amnesty International reported.

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) has awarded death sentence to two traffic policemen for raping and killing a

a prisoner was executed in Iran. Reports said that Mahmoud Mahmoudpour, a prisoner in Naqadeh Central Prison, was hanged

The Justice Ministry in Lebanon has launched a nationwide campaign this week to rally public support for

in Dinajpur, Bangladesh, Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge M Shamsul Huda

in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Ajmal Hussain awarded the death

the Colombo High Court in Sri Lanka imposed the death sentence on the accused in the Dhammika

the European Union and human rights activists condemned the execution of two men convicted of drug

in Nigeria, Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola granted an amnesty on "humanitarian grounds" to

two-thirds of organ donors in China are executed prisoners, state media reported, as health officials

two men were executed by lethal injection in the prison of Bang Khwang, Thailand.