the capital punishment sentences issued by the Algerian Justice system against pe

Iran hanged three men convicted of drug trafficking in a prison in the

the Third Commission of the United Nations’ General Assembly approved, for the second consecutive year, the draft resolution on the 'Moratorium on the use of the death penalty.' 105 countries voted in favour, 48 against, with 31 abstentions.

Burundi's parliament overwhelmingly agreed to abolish the death penalty, but homosexuals

a Saudi Arabian man was beheaded by the sword after being convicted of murdering

Iran executed a man convicted of spying for Israel, a judiciary spokesman said. Al

Two former officials from China's Hunan Province were sentenced to death for taking bribes.

A U.S. soldier convicted of rape and murder two decades ago will be executed December 10 in the

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia rescinded the death penalty against a Turkish barber convicted of "cursin

a Malaysian court sentenced two Indonesians, Mohamad Idris and Jainuddin, to death

a court in Sanaa, Yemen, sentenced an Iranian to death for drug tra

the Indonesian Attorney General Office, which recorded 92 prisoners, 32 of them foreigners