South Korean newspaper The Dong-A Ilbo reported Park Sun-young, chairman of civic group Dream

China sentenced eight people to death for their roles in two knife and bomb attacks this spring in the

Saudi Arabia executed a Syrian convicted of drug smuggling, bringing to 75 the number of locals and

A court in central Vietnam sentenced a man to death for raping and murdering a 16-year old girl two years

A Saudi court sentenced a Saudi citizen to death for helping al-Qaeda carry out terrorist attacks in the

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo ordered the execution of five death-row drug convicts this month, a move

China has promised to stop harvesting organs from executed prisoners by 1 January, state media report.

The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans court has stayed the execution of Scott Panetti in a

Somali military court executed three men convicted of killing innocent civilians in the country. One among

18 people were executed in three different Iranian prisons, according to unofficial sources. All the prisoners were convicted of drug-related charges and there were two women and one Afghan citizen among them.

A youth has been hanged in Iran after being held in prison since his arrest at the age of 14 for accidentally killing a friend, according to information received from Iran.

A Bill seeking stringent punishment including death penalty for hijackers was approved by the Union