two young men are to walk the gallows for the murder of a money exchange trader
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Indian, an Iraqi and a Pakistani after they were
nine minors condemned to death in Iran are waiting in prison for their 18th
two Iranian sisters convicted of adultery face being stoned to death after the Supreme Court upheld the death sentences against them, the Etemad newspaper quoted their lawyer as saying.
Chinese courts sentenced three Indonesian women to death for bringing
the Afghan Senate withdrew its demand for the death sentence for Sayed
an Iranian music teacher, Abdollah Farivar Moghaddam, has been sentenced to death by stoning, for having relations with one of his students.
a 24 year old man in Trinidad, who was identified by a fingerprint
around 200 Afghans demonstrated in the nation's capital Kabul
Japan executed three men convicted of murder, the Justice
Iran announced that the powerful head of its judiciary must in future approve any
Iran hanged five convicted murderers in Tehran's Evin prison, the Fars news agency reported.
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