The military court in the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo sentenced a rebel leader to death.

A court in east China's Jiangxi Province sentenced a man to death for killing a 17-year-old girl and raping her body eight years ago.

Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Qazvin, announced the execution of a man identified only as Saeid in the central penitentiary of the city, according to the state-run Rokna news agency.

Two recent publications illustrate that a growing number of family members of murder victims are now advocating against capital punishment.

A man was publicly hanged in Salmas in West Azerbaijan Province, according to the state-run Rokna news agency. A huge crowd, which might include children are assembled to watch the hanging.

A special tribunal in Dhaka sentenced death penalty to two people from Moulvibazar and life-term jail to three others for committing crimes during the Liberation War in 1971.

A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, sentenced one Mutiu Oyedeji to death by hanging after he was found guilty of armed robbery.

All cases in which people have been sentenced to death in Iran for drug offences are to be reviewed, Ali Larijani, the speaker of the country’s parliament, said.

Bahrain’s highest military appellate court on upheld a death penalty for the first time since it was established seven years ago.

An Egyptian court recommended the execution of 13 defendants including eight Egyptians and five Yemenis over drug smuggling, state-run MENA news agency reported.

Kabwe High Court has sentenced three people to death by hanging for murder after finding them guilty of killing their 70-year-old aunt by burying her alive on suspicion of practicing witchcraft.

Two prisoners were hanged in the prison of Sari (capital of Mazandaran Province in northern Iran). The two who have been named by the state media only as S.R. and A.B. were found guilty of murder.