a man received two death sentences and his two accomplices were sentenced to

Iran has sentenced 177 people under the age of 18 to death over the past decade

Vietnam is considering the possibility of abolishing the death penalty on 12 crimes

Spanish Premier José Luis Zapatero announced that Spain wants to lead the campaign against

a Pakistani court handed down the death sentence to a man convicted of blasphemy, court

Burundi's High Court freed four former senior policemen who were sentenced to death for

Younes Rahmandust was hanged in a prison in the port city of Chabahar, in south eastern

Iran hanged a man convicted of a string of offences including membership of a rebel group and being

Japan hanged three men convicted of murder, the Justice Ministry said in a statement.

an international human rights watchdog urged the newly elected government in Pakistan

Nguyen Van Chuong, 25, received the death penalty for the stabbing murder of 46-year-old Major Nguyen Van Sinh.

Belarus, the last country in Europe to apply the death penalty, will eventually abolish