the Pakistani Ministry of Interior strongly opposed the proposal to change the death penalty
in Chandpur, Bangladesh, a man was sentenced to death in absentia for killing his young wife
a Saudi national was beheaded by the sword after being convicted of murdering a compatriot
the Criminal Court of Appeal in Qatar acquitted a resident of charges of murder and setting
four Shi'ite rebels were sentenced to death after a Yemeni court
in Saudi Arabia, the death sentence of Bahraini national Maki Ali Abbas, 46, was commuted
two Thai businessmen were sentenced to death by a High Court in Malaysia for trafficking
Iran hanged five men convicted of burning a young woman alive after raping her, at a prison in the central city of Qom, the government newspaper Iran reported.
a Saudi Arabian national was beheaded by the sword after being convicted of killing a compatriot
Chinese courts handed down about 30 percent fewer death penalties last year compared with 2006, sources from a forum revealed.
a man sentenced to death in Kenya was set free after a High Court accused police
the European Parliament in Brussels approved the Report by Marco Cappato (Italian Radicals
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
