Four people were executed by hanging in the Adelabad prison of Shiraz

a primary court in western Herat province, Afghanistan, sentenced three to death

Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a man convicted of petty theft and running a

Iran hanged four convicted drug smugglers in a prison in the eastern town of Tabas,

seventy-six percent of surveyed North Korean defectors say they witnessed public

the Belarusian authorities are unlikely to agree to abolish the death penalty in the

Hamed Mohammadzadeh, a prisoner from Miandoab in Iran’s West Azarbayjan Province, was hanged at the central prison of Orumiyyeh, the capital of that province, on a murder charge, according to the website of Human Rights Activists in Iran [HRAI]. Mohammadzadeh spent several years in captivity before his execution.

A convicted murderer became the second inmate put to death this week by lethal

Two of Saddam Hussein's half-brothers, former Interior Minister Watban Ibrahim al-Hassan and director of public security Sabawi Ibrahim, were sentenced to death for crimes against humanity. Hussein's former foreign minister, Tariq Aziz, was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in the 1992 execution of 42 merchants accused of price gouging while Iraq was under U.N. sanctions.

Five prisoners were hanged in Iran for murder and kidnapping, state-run media reports

legislation abolishing New Mexico's death penalty cleared the Senate Judiciary

a former Congolese militia leader was sentenced to death by a military court in southeastern Democratic