Saudi authorities beheaded a citizen in the western province of Taif after he was convicted
Gov. Jay Nixon Halts the execution of Allen Nicklasson that would have been 1st US execution by
Iraq executed 42 "terrorism" convicts over the past week, the justice ministry said, defying international condemnation of its extensive use of the death penalty, as deadly violence intensifies.
People in Belarus are forced to live in a climate of fear because "politically-guided" courts
The Missouri Department of Corrections says it is returning to the supplier a drug that it had
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) urged Caribbean countries that
Four prisoners have been hanged in two different Iranian cities reported Iranian state media
Michael Yowell, 43, White, was executed in Texas.
Edward Schad, 71, White, was executed in Arizona. He was given a lethal dose of pentobarbital
The Tokyo High Court overturned a death sentence given to a man convicted of murdering a student
Two prisoners were hanged in the prison of Ahwaz (southwestern Iran), reported the state run
Four Indonesian men were sentenced to death in Malaysia after the High Court 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
