Iran hanged a man convicted of murder in a prison in the western town of Doroud in Lorestan province,

problems with the proposal to end the death penalty in Zanzibar prompted a heated debate among legal

Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Saudi man convicted of murder. The Interior Ministry said Faten bin

human rights watchdog Amnesty International said that the Saudi Arabian government "continues

the European Economic and Trade Office (EETO) in Taiwan, The French Institute in Taiwan, National

the Malaysian High Court sentenced a 61 year old senior citizen to death after

the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for Troy Davis to be put to death for killing a police officer, despite calls from his supporters to reconsider the case.

two men were beheaded in Saudi Arabia. Venancio Ladion, from the Philippines, was convicted of murdering a Saudi man in the holy city of Mecca by suffocating him and piercing his neck with a pen. He was executed by the sword, Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry announced.

a man, convicted of murder, was hanged in a prison in the central city of Isfahan, the Fars news agency reported.

Radical leader Marco Pannella held a press conference with lawyer Mario Lana at Montecitorio regarding Tarek Aziz, Saddam Hussein's ex Foreign Affairs Minister. Aziz has been detained in Iraq since 2003 and is at risk of being sentenced to death. Lana met the ex Iraqi Foreign Affairs Minister many times and collaborated with him in Iraq.

a Saudi man was beheaded by the sword after being found guilty of the murder of a fellow countryman, the Saudi Interior Ministry said.

Lebanese Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar presented a draft law to the Cabinet that would abolish the death penalty and replace it with life in prison at hard labor.