A Syrian Roman Catholic priest, Father Francois Murad, was killed on June 23 in northern Syria
A Filipina sentenced to death for drug trafficking in China was executed by lethal injection, the
A Chinese court overturned the death sentences of four men for robbing and killing two taxi
Nigeria has said it will not alter its position on the death penalty, which is allowed in
Justice Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court of Nigeria said that capital punishment should
A total of 38 percent Russians support the resumption of death penalties in the
Four prisoners were hanged in two different Iranian cities.
In Zambia, the Ndola High Court has sentenced to death a 23-year-old fisherman of Mwense
five people were hanged in Iran for several crimes.
A court in the port city of Chittagong sentenced five men to death for rape after abducting an adolescent
A 46 year old man was sentenced to death by the Osaka District Court for the gruesome killing
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bombing suspect, has been indicted on 30 counts
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
