Adi bin Asnawi, an Indonesian worker from West Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara province, was acquitted by the Seremban High Court in Negeri Sembilan State, West Malaysia.

Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso granted general pardons on the occasion of Congo's National Day

Hands Off Cain awarded the Rwandan President Paul Kagame with the "The Abolitionist of the Year 2007" Award for scrapping capital punishment from the criminal laws of the country, RNA reports. The prize was awarded through Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi.

two convicts were executed for drug trafficking in southwest China's Yunnan province, according to local sources.

death sentences handed down by Chinese courts were at a ten-year low in 2006 and the trend continues in

Hands Off Cain will present, tomorrow, it's annual report on the death penalty and the Award for the 'Abolitionist of the year'.

Premier Romano Prodi defended Italy’s opposition to the death penalty after Rome's criticism of Iran’s use of capital punishment escalated into a diplomatic fight.

Tsehaye Woldeselassie, an army major, was executed in Ethiopia for murdering

North Korea has publicly executed a trade official for smuggling timber

Saudi Arabia beheaded five Pakistanis and a Nigerian for drug smuggling

Iran rejected protests by the European Union over the increased number of executions

a lawmaker called for the scrapping of the death penalty to avoid jeopardising