Radical leader Marco Pannella held a press conference with lawyer Mario Lana at Montecitorio regarding Tarek Aziz, Saddam Hussein's ex Foreign Affairs Minister. Aziz has been detained in Iraq since 2003 and is at risk of being sentenced to death. Lana met the ex Iraqi Foreign Affairs Minister many times and collaborated with him in Iraq.

a Saudi man was beheaded by the sword after being found guilty of the murder of a fellow countryman, the Saudi Interior Ministry said.

Lebanese Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar presented a draft law to the Cabinet that would abolish the death penalty and replace it with life in prison at hard labor.

the death penalty for those who violate food laws: this is the provision of a new Chinese law announced by the state council.

Algerian President Bouteflika’s advisor in charge of Human Rights, Rezag Bara, wanted an ultimate decision to be made concerning the death penalty in Algeria.

two Saudi Arabian men were beheaded by the sword after they were convicted of murdering two

four lorry drivers, sentenced to death for the murder of a factory worker six years ago, will remain in Death

two men, identified only as Mushtaq and Akram, were hanged in Pakistan for murder.

Zulfiqar Ali Shah was hanged, in Pakistan, for murder

Manzoor Ahmed was hanged, in Pakistan, for murder.

the Senate approved the draft law for ratifying Protocol 13 of the European Convention

For the European Day Against Capital Punishment, Hands Off Cain presented a dossier entitled "The death penalty around the world - THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTS OF THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 2008". The global trend towards the abolition of the death penalty continued in the first nine months of 2008, according to the association.