there should be “European consensus” for a UN resolution for a universal moratorium on executions, said Italy’s Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema.

four men were executed for destroying oil pipelines in Central China's Henan Province.

the man said to be Shanghai's "top gangster" has been sentenced to death for drug trafficking and other crimes, a state-run newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Florida executed a serial killer just hours before Texas put to death a man convicted in the stabbing deaths of his parents and an uncle.

Russia has deported an Uzbek man to his Central Asian homeland, defying pressure from activists who said he could face execution at home, his supporters said.

the state of Ohio executed a cult leader who killed a family of five, a crime he said God had commanded him to carry out.

a Kyrgyz court has sentenced to death three men charged with taking part in an armed raid in the south of the Central Asian country earlier this year, a state prosecution official said.

it was announced that the execution of Mirza Tahir Hussain, a British man held in Pakistan, will not take place during Prince Charles's visit to the country.

the Central Criminal Court of Iraq convicted twenty seven individuals between October 5-12 for crimes including kidnapping, possession of illegal weapons, using or taking advantage of someone else’s legal documents, heading, leading, joining armed groups, and illegal border crossing.

“I consider as very important the unanimous position taken by the Foreign Commission of the Chamber of Deputies regarding the UN moratorium on capital executions. It is the second time in two and a half months that the Lower House has taken such a stance.

Elisabetta Zamparutti, responsible for Hands Off Cain’s UN based initiatives, replies to Undersecretary Vernetti’s comments defining as “adventurous” the presentation of a pro-moratorium resolution at the ongoing UN General Assembly.

the Foreign Commission of Italy’s Lower House approved a resolution for a UN moratorium on capital executions, despite government opposition.