Afghan President Hamid Karzai is expected to sign in the near future the death

South Korea will be declared as having abolished the death penalty "in practice"

the execution of a convicted murderer in Nevada was stayed at the 11th hour on Monday after an appeal by rights groups over the method of lethal injection to be used.

a young Iranian woman accused of killing an 80 year old man who allegedly held her prisoner in his home may be executed within days.

a criminal court in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sentenced three people to death for attacking the residence of a French diplomat two years ago.

two Iranians, Kiumars and Nader Mohammadi have been hanged in Iran's northwestern Kurdistan province, authorities announced.

China will no longer transplant organs from executed prisoners except for their immediate

Iran has executed 265 people in the past twelve months in a dramatic increase

the Radicals are asking for support in walking the last mile toward UN approval of the Moratorium on the death penalty by mid December. They held an outdoor press conference in Piazza Argentina, Rome, at one of the many stands used by the Radicals to collect signatures against the death penalty.

“The European Union reiterates its longstanding position against the death penalty in

according to reports received by ICT, a Tibetan named

France formally agreed to abolish the death penalty in all circumstances when it ratified a provision of