Iran hanged a young woman who was convicted of murder when she was a minor, drawing condemnation from international human rights groups who have sought to end capital punishment for juvenile offenders.
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari signed a controversial bill introducing Islamic
the Gaza-based Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemned a Palestinian military court's order sentencing a West Bank resident to death for treason and selling property to Israelis.
the five-day trial of a notorious Ho Chi Minh City gang in Vietnam ended with four
a Palestinian court sentenced a man to death by hanging for selling West Bank land to
The Somali parliament unanimously approved a government proposal to introduce
a lorry driver was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court after he was found guilty of trafficking in 511g of cannabis.
Iran has hanged three convicted criminals, two murderers and a drug trafficker, in a
two people were hanged in the prison of Ahwaz (southern Iranian province of Khuzestan), reported the official Iranian news agency Irna.
a Jordanian man was sentenced to death by hanging for raping a teenaged cousin and
A Sudanese court sentenced another 11 Darfur rebels to death for a deadly attack on
Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza promulgated the new criminal code which abolishes the death penalty but makes homosexuality a crime punishable by jail.
