A Nepali migrant worker, who was sentenced to death by a court in the United Arab Emirates on
A court in central Vietnam sentenced five people, including four women, to death and another
one man charged of drug smuggling was hanged in the Iranian Qazvin city prison in the morning
The U.S. Supreme Court overruled a stay of execution granted to Allen Nicklasson by the 8th
The European Parliament passed a resolution asking for an immediate end to the practice of organ
North Korea said that it executed Kim Jong Un's uncle, calling the leader's former mentor a traitor who tried to seize power and overthrow the state.
Gerakan launched its anti-death penalty campaign in a bid to abolish the controversial law
Seven prisoners were hanged in the Rajai Shahr Prison of Karaj (west of Tehran).
Two convicted murderers were hanged in the fourth round of executions since the Liberal
The anti-terrorist court in Taxila (Pakistan) sentenced four people to death for abducting and
Two prisoners were executed in Zahedan prison, in Iran.
A Pakistani man, identified as Mohammed Zayer Khan Qol, was beheaded after he was found
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
