For the very first time, a prisoner in Ho Chi Minh City was executed by lethal injection.
An accused of drug trafficking prisoner was executed in Gachsaran, Iran.
A Lebanese military court sentenced a doctor to ten years in prisoner and his brother to
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
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
