a young man was publicly hanged at a riverside in the Iranian town of Kashan, south of the capital, the country’s state-run news agency reported.

the Constitutional Court of Moldova approved two draft laws concerning amendments to Article 24 Paragraph 3 of the constitution and providing for the abolition of the death penalty.

John W. Peoples Jr., a man convicted of killing a family of three and driving off in their vintage sports car, was executed by lethal injection.

the People's Court of northern Phu Tho province, Vietnam, sentenced to death two women for trafficking and possessing drugs.

a Yemeni and a Saudi national were beheaded by the sword in Riyadh after being convicted of kidnapping and raping a woman and stealing her money and jewelry, the Saudi interior ministry said.

Niaz Ahmed, a man sentenced to death for raping and killing a seven-year-old girl, was executed in eastern Pakistan after President Gen. Pervez Musharraf turned down his plea for clemency.

prosecutors accused 15 Uzbek men of plotting rebellion in the eastern town of Andizhan but human rights groups questioned the credibility of their trial and said Uzbekistan was covering up a massacre.

the Persian Gay & Lesbian Organization has released photos and details of a 22 year old man it says was given 100 lashes for being gay.

the European Commission shares in the concern on the human rights situation in Iran, particularly with regards to the death penalty, but does not indent to interrupt the politics of constructive dialogue with the regime.

the Karnataka High Court upheld the death sentence on Swami Shraddhanand, who had been found guilty of the sensational murder of his wife Shakereh.

two Saudis convicted of murder were beheaded by the sword in the conservative Muslim kingdom, the interior ministry announced.

a young Iranian man was hanged in a penitentiary centre in the city of Yazd, central Iran.