the criminal court of Djelfa, Algeria, handed the death penalty to the emir of “El Qaida

Italy ratified Protocol 13 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental

Two men were hanged in the prison of Zahedan (south-eastern Iran) early this morning reported

Iran executed 10 men for drug trafficking in the western Kermanshah Province, the province’s

Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a citizen convicted of murdering his father following a dispute

in a setback to opponents of capital punishment, the Indian Supreme Court enlarged

An Iraqi court condemned Saddam Hussein's notorious henchman, "Chemical Ali" Hassan

One man identified as Mehdi Ghasemzadeh was hanged in the prison of Orumieh (northwestern

Twenty-eight members of a Shiite messianic cult responsible for brutal attacks on

A former planning official from southwest China's Chongqing municipality was sentenced to death

A clutch of American states are considering whether to abolish capital punishment because of the

the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, upheld the death sentence of Egyptian