Saudi Arabia executed Majid bin Othman bin Mohammed al-Adani, a Yemeni man

In a unanimous decision, the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) ruled that a woman forced to have intercourse (zina-bil-jabr) should not be

an Iraqi prosecutor sought the death penalty for Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan

Hands off Cain and the Nonviolent Transnational Radical Party, with the patronage of the Mayor of Rome, and the National Association of Municipalities promote, together with the Comunità di Sant'Egidio, a march in support of a moratorium of capital executions to be adopted by the current UN General Assembly.

Two Palestinians were arrested last week after it was revealed they had sold a house to Israeli Jews living in

Kelloy Koon Koon was sentenced to death in Trinidad for the murder of his friend Mark Brown, whom he

Saudi TV1 reported the execution of a Saudi killer in Asir Region. Citing an Interior Ministry statement, the

Two policemen were executed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for murdering a Bangladeshi taxi driver. Abdul

Abdul Sattar was hanged at 5.30am in Pakistan's Central Jail for shooting his uncle, Muhammad Ramzan,

two convicted terrorists, Abdul Jabbar and Shahsawar, were hanged in Multan's New Central Jail,

Pasquale Ferrara, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesman, clarified statements made today at the weekly press meeting. “Italy is working intensely to define the instruments and the methods needed to successfully present the moratorium on the death penalty to the current UN General Assembly.”

six Islamic militant leaders accused of carrying out a deadly bomb attack in November 2005 in Bangladesh