The Iraqi Ministry of Justice announced that three men convicted of terrorism crimes have
Between 20 and 26 August 2013, Iran executed at least twenty-four people,
The lawyer of a man convicted of building and promoting pornographic websites said a death
The ex-girlfriend of North Korean leader Kim-Jong-un and 11 others well-known performers were executed by firing squad, reports said on 28 August.
In Bangladesh, Madaripur District and Sessions Judge Bimal Chandra Sikdar said three convicts
A man convicted of killing his brother was beheaded in Saudia Arabia's central Qasim province, the state Spa news agency reported, citing the interior ministry.
Between 18 and 22 August 2013, six prisoners were hanged publicly in four
the Somali Military Court ruled a death sentence against two armed militia men whom the court said
At a closed hearing at the Supreme Court in Jakarta, Indonesia, a three-judge panel unanimously rejected the appeal of a British grandmother sentenced to death for trafficking a large stash of cocaine into the resort island of Bali.
The Russian authorities decided not to deport a citizen of Iraq, who earlier adopted Christianity
Huang Jiefu, head of the Health Ministry's organ transplant office, said China would start
On 18 August 2013, the Iranian regime’s highest judiciary authority confirmed the
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