Burundi's High Court freed four former senior policemen who were sentenced to death for
Younes Rahmandust was hanged in a prison in the port city of Chabahar, in south eastern
Iran hanged a man convicted of a string of offences including membership of a rebel group and being
Japan hanged three men convicted of murder, the Justice Ministry said in a statement.
an international human rights watchdog urged the newly elected government in Pakistan
Nguyen Van Chuong, 25, received the death penalty for the stabbing murder of 46-year-old Major Nguyen Van Sinh.
Belarus, the last country in Europe to apply the death penalty, will eventually abolish
The US Supreme Court ruling that Guantanamo prisoners can challenge their detention
a Saudi Arabian man, condemned to death for murdering a compatriot, was beheaded
The US Supreme Court ruled that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have
A Kurdish boy, believed to be 16 or 17 years old at the time of execution
no fewer than 60 Nigerian nationals are on the death row over drug- related offences
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
