Justice Abdul-Azeez Waziri of the Yola High Court sentenced five men to death by hanging

The government of Ethiopia has said it will release more than 304 prisoners, including 289 convicted on "terrorism" charges, according to state media.

Iran has executed a member of a Sufi order who rammed a bus into police as they tried to disperse a rally, killing three of them.

South Korea is pushing for a presidential declaration on the abolition of capital punishment, the state human rights watchdog said,

WHILE APPEALS CONSIDERED

OF POLITICAL PRISONERS

PROJECT OF HAND OFF CAIN

KILLED 8 CHILDREN

FOR ARMED ROBBERY

SENTENCED TO DEATH IN 1990

FOR KILLING WIFE

HEROIN AND METHAMPHETAMINE