Islamic State militants executed nine men and a boy accused of being gay in Syria, a monitoring group has
A murder convict identified as Imran was hanged in the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore. He had killed a man
A Kuwaiti court of appeals sentenced a local man to death after he was convicted of raping an Asian
A Pakistan court has postponed the execution of a paraplegic prisoner, after human rights groups voiced concerns that his hanging would constitute "cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment."
At least four prisoners were hanged in Ghezelhesar prison in Karaj.
The Cassation Court in Jordan has upheld a September 2013 Criminal Court ruling sentencing a man to
So far in 2015, no one has been sentenced to death in Texas.
Three prisoners were hanged in Iran on September 16 and 19.
A division bench of the Lahore High Court has dismissed appeals of two brothers accused of blasphemy
Seven soldiers were executed by firing squad in the Southern strategic port town of Kismayo after a court
Egypt has seen 7 death sentences carried out and 246 overturned, with a further 433 still subject to appeal,
Iran's fundamentalist regime hanged a prisoner in the Kurdish city of Sanandaj, western Iran.
To Mr Volker Turk - the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and to Ms. Mai Sato - the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran