A court in south China has handed down a suspended death sentence and prison terms to 64 members
two prisoners were hanged in the prison of Mashhad, Iran.
A 29-year-old Singaporean man today become the second drug trafficker on death row to be re-sentenced
Michael Lee Wilson was executed in Oklahoma.
The Iranian regime has hanged three prisoners in the main prison in the city of Oromiyeh, in western Iran
Edward Montour, Native American/Hispanic, is charged with murdering corrections officer Eric Autobee
A young man charged with premeditated murder was hanged in the morning
Caretaker President Moncef Marzouki deeply regretted the non-alteration of Article 21 of the draft
A Saudi court sentenced seven men to long jail terms and ordered them lashed 99 times each in front of a
A parliamentary opposition group has filed a bill to abolish the death penalty in
In Nigeria, Kano High Court 4 at Audu Bako secretariat presided over by Justice Nura Sagir has sentenced
Askari Abdullah Muhammad, previously known as Thomas Knight, was executed in Florida. The 62-year-
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
