China's top court will ensure the death penalty is applied uniformly across the
The Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) decided to remove the expression "death penalty" from its draft
ten Ugandans held on charges of illicit drug trafficking in China will soon be lined
the human rights movement in Botswana has issued a joint report on what it calls "hasty and secretive
the Rwandan Minister of Justice, Tharicisse Karugarama, tabled the
the Central Criminal Court of Iraq, a forum in which US troops
in Pakistan, a man was executed by hanging at Sukkur Central Jail One,
Uzbekistan's upper house of parliament adopted amendments to the constitution that would abolish
the official Saudi Arabian Press website carried a Saudi Interior
Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed legislation amending Kyrgyzstan's criminal codes and abolishing the death penalty.
the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, meeting
the official Saudi Arabian Press Agency website carried a Saudi Interior Ministry statement saying that the
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
