Manuel Vasquez, 46, Hispanic, was executed in Texas.
The Senate voted 18-10 to carry out a death sentence by firing squad, if the state cannot track down drugs
Based on reliable sources from inside Iran, 3 prisoners who were identified as Salah-eddin Sherafat, from
Three people were beheaded in Saudi Arabia for drug trafficking.
A man convicted of a triple murder – Mohammad Siddique – was hanged at the District Jail in the city of Toba Tek Singh in the Pakistani province of Punjab.
six people were executed by hanging in the prison of Nassiriya, security sources reported.
The Judiciary Committee voted 8-0 to abolish death penalty.
A Myanmar court has sentenced 15 men to death for stabbing and killing a man outside a busy restaurant in
Three Free Syrian Army (FSA) members were sentenced to death in Egypt for murdering a pro-President Bashar al-Assad Syrian refugee in Cairo, Youm7 reported.
the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire voted to definitely abolish the death penalty in the country.
Members of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group publicly beheaded four young people on charges of
The Court of Appeal in Putrajaya upheld the conviction and death sentence of a Swedish national for trafficking in 4.3 kilogrammes of methamphetamine.
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
