Five men were hanged in the prison of Isfahan, according to the reports from Iran.
Data released this week by the Attorney General’s Office show that 41 of 109 inmates on
Lawmakers in Rivers State and Enugu State of Nigeria have endorsed capital punishment for persons
A Saudi man convicted of murdering a compatriot was beheaded by the sword in the western
Iran's judiciary said it drew up a bill which aims to ease punishments for minor offenders and make
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.
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
