Saudi Arabia executed four Sri Lankans for a series of violent robberies in the conservative kingdom. A

Russia has signed the "Declaration of Association" on the death penalty that was presented to the UN by the

Chinese court has ordered the death penalty for a businessman accused of deceiving investors out of 385

a 45 year old Iranian man, identified as Jamshid T., was sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates by

Four Iranian men convicted of murdering four people in separate incidents were hanged in Tehran, the

Iran executed three men who were convicted of deadly bombings in the southwest oil city of Ahvaz in 2005,

Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi man for stabbing and clubbing another Saudi to death. A statement on the

the Ministry of Justice announced it had drafted a roadmap for human rights protection (National Action

Royston Alfred, convicted of murdering his partner three years ago on D'Urban Street, was sentenced to

three Iraqi women were handed execution

the House of Representatives voted to repeal the death penalty in New Mexico on a 41-28 decision.

the Iraqi High Court sentenced Saddam Hussein's former vice president to death by hanging, despite appeals from UN officials and international human rights groups.