the European Union called on the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to re-instate a moratorium on
At least 9 prisoners were hanged in Pakistan in the last three weeks.
Chad has executed 10 members of Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram by firing squad, a day after they were sentenced on terrorism charges, security sources said.
Saudi Arabia put to death two Ethiopians, a Pakistani and a Saudi, bringing to 114 the total number of executions this year, according to AFP tallies.
Four prisoners were hanged in the prison of Yazd (Central Iran), reported the official website of the Iranian
Authorities in Iran sentenced a young man to be blinded.
Three more death row prisoners were sent to the gallows in different jails of Punjab on early morning,
A court in Sudan has freed two South Sudanese Christian pastors after acquitting them of charges that include spying and crimes against the state.
The Foreign Ministry’s directorate of legal aid and protection of Indonesian nationals overseas said that
Saudi Arabia beheaded a convicted Pakistani heroin trafficker.
At least 20 prisoners were hanged in Iran between July 28 and August 2nd.
At least six death row prisoners were executed between August 4 and 5 in different jails of Punjab.
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