Brunei has postponed its planned implementation of its new penal code that includes harsh Islamic

A Saudi court sentenced eight people to death and 77 others to prison on charges related to attacks against

The Iranian regime hanged five prisoners including a 68 year-old man in Gohardasht prison in city of Karaj.

Hands Off Cain and the Radical Party condemned the attack on 17 April to Iran's Evin prison by agents of the Intelligence Ministry who, along with about a hundred prison guards, have prevailed on the prisoners of section 350.

Belarus has executed a man convicted of a gruesome double murder, a rights group said, the latest case of capital punishment in the ex-Soviet country.

four prisoners, including three juvenile offenders, were hanged in the prison of Bandar Abbas, reported the

Iran executed six Afghans, an official claimed.

In Bangladesh, an High Court bench comprising Justice Abdul Hye and Krisna Debnath acquitted four

New Hampshire's Senate has voted 12-12 today on a death penalty repeal measure. The tie means capital

A Kurdish political prisoner identified as Samko Khorshidi was hanged in the Dizelabad prison of Kermanshah, Iran, reported the “Kurdistan Human Rights Organization”.

The Iraqi justice ministry has executed more than 600 "terrorists" in the past four years, the Iraqi justice

Jose Villegas, 39, Hispanic, was executed in Texas. Just as the pentobarbital began taking effect, he said, "It does kind of burn. Goodbye." He gasped several times, then started to breathe quietly.