The state of North Carolina dropped all charges against Levon Jones, and he was freed after
ongoing penal code reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo is giving abolitionists the chance to
Zargar Sadajan, Roajan Sodajar, and Naik Mohammed Malak Mohammed, all Pakistanis, were
Iran hanged two men convicted of drug trafficking in a prison in the central city
pro-Taliban militants in the Pakistan's tribal areas beheaded a 35 year old policeman in Peshawar, accusing
a man was sentenced to death in eastern China for raping 21 young girls.
"we are happy that President Raul Castro has commuted almost all death sentences in Cuba," Sergio D'Elia, Hands Off Cain Secretary, said.
the Iraqi judge who sentenced Saddam Hussein to death condemned the manner in which
with capital punishment in the country abolished, the Supreme Court of
China's top legislature approved extradition treaties with Australia and France. The treaty
the Supreme Court in Lagos, Nigeria, confirmed the death sentence of Abdullahi Ada, who, eight years ago,
a Qatari man was sentenced to death for the brutal murder of his aunt following a fight about money. The
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
