the Italian Radicals, the Forum Droghe Association and dozens of non profit organisations and unions

six people were executed in Yunnan and Henan provinces, and the Guangxi Zhua

two Nigerians were executed in Indonesia for drug trafficking, officials said. Samuel Okoye,

British lawmakers formally removed an Iranian opposition group from t

an Indonesian prison riot involving dozens of death row inmates sparked a change to execution

Mexico asked the World Court to take urgent steps to stop imminent U.S. executions

The Supreme Court outlawed executions of people convicted of raping a child. In a 5-4 vote, the court said the Louisiana law allowing the death penalty to be imposed in such cases violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

China executed three drug dealers and sentenced five more to death on

Kuwait's Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against a member of the

a Saudi Arabian man was beheaded by the sword afterbeing convicted of killing a compatriot

the Homyel Regional Court in Belarus sentenced a 27year old man to death by shooting

a 59-year-old cook was sentenced to death by a HighCourt in Malaysia after he was