the Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry says a Jordanian man was beheaded after
three men were hanged in the prison of Isfahan, in Iran, reported the semi-official new agency Fars
Amnesty International called for secrecy surrounding the death penalty to be lifted
a Cape Coast High Court in Ghana sentenced a woman, Adjoa Badu, believed to
a young Afghan journalist, sentenced to death in January for spreading feminist
The US Supreme Court upheld the most common method of lethal injections executions, clearing the way for states to resume executions that have been on hold for nearly 7 months.
the number of executions in Iran is "not high", the judiciary said in response to an Amnesty International report that listed Iran as the world's second most prolific executioner in 2007.
China defended its use of the death penalty and said it planned to continue
The Saudi Interior Ministry says a Saudi man has been beheaded after being
Amnesty International disclosed that China used capital punishment far more than
Iraqi's interior ministry executed 28 criminals and militant cult members in the
China's chief justice told judges to impose the death penalty and other harsh
Every Tuesday hunger strike against executions
