Two men, identified only as Mojtaba and Mohammad-Hossein, were
Iran hanged two men convicted of murder in the northern city of Tonkabon
Death row inmate John Spirko, 61, wanted a pardon or the chance to
Iran regime hanged three, in public, for drug trafficking, in Birjand, capital of South Khorasan province bordering Afghanistan, state-run Fars News Agency reported.
a bill collector was sentenced to death by a High Court
A number of Eritreans and Ethiopians detained in Sudan could face detention
the European Union praised Uzbekistan for abolishing the death
Saudi Arabia beheaded a convicted murderer, the interior ministry said
Iranian authorities handed over the body of Abdul Qayyum to Taftan police
A co-operative farm chief once honoured by North
China is to expand the use of lethal injections to replace execution by shooting
Uzbekistan abolished the death penalty on January 1, 2008.
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
