four Shi'ite rebels were sentenced to death after a Yemeni court
in Saudi Arabia, the death sentence of Bahraini national Maki Ali Abbas, 46, was commuted
two Thai businessmen were sentenced to death by a High Court in Malaysia for trafficking
Iran hanged five men convicted of burning a young woman alive after raping her, at a prison in the central city of Qom, the government newspaper Iran reported.
a Saudi Arabian national was beheaded by the sword after being convicted of killing a compatriot
Chinese courts handed down about 30 percent fewer death penalties last year compared with 2006, sources from a forum revealed.
a man sentenced to death in Kenya was set free after a High Court accused police
the European Parliament in Brussels approved the Report by Marco Cappato (Italian Radicals
human rights groups in Liberia expressed concern over a law approved
a court in northern Ethiopia's Tigray Regional State found six Ethiopians, one
Japanese lawyers criticised the rising number of executions carried out in the country,
Iran hanged four men convicted of murder in Tehran's Evin prison.
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
