China’s top judicial official, Zhou Qiang, called on courts to “dare to stick to the truth” at a seminar in Beijing.
According to the state run news agency Fars one prisoner was hanged early in the morning in the
William Frederick Happ, 51, White, was executed in Florida. He was the first inmate to be executed
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko fully justifies the use of the death penalty in his country
In Iran, a prisoner was found to be alive 24 hours after being hanged and declared dead.
In Zimbabwe, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa says
In Nigeria, two persons were sentenced to death by hanging by an Asaba High Court, having been
European officials and UNICEF welcomed Yemen’s decision to not carry out the death penalty against juvenile offenders, in keeping with international regulations.
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
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
