Chinese authorities have given courts the powers to hand down the death penalty in serious
After a two-week hiatus due to the Presidential election, Iranian authorities have begun to execute again. Four prisoners, including one woman, were hanged in Shahr-e-Kord (western Iran).
the Hamas authorities in Gaza executed two Palestinians convicted of providing information to
The Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto, Nigeria, upheld the death sentence earlier delivered by the
A military court in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip issued the death sentence to a Palestinian after finding
Ten Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) men were sentenced to death for involvement
An official in central China's Henan Province was executed for raping 11 underage girls, sources with the Henan Provincial Higher People's Court confirmed.
As many as 117 death-row inmates will be given lethal injections made in Vietnam beginning June
San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Terrence Van Oss overturned a jury's decision to
James Lewis DeRosa, 36, White, was executed in Oklahoma.
One prisoner was hanged in the Rajai Shahr Prison of Karaj, reported the Iranian daily
Bangladesh Parliament passed a law with provisions allowing the death penalty as the maximum punishment
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
