The Puntland military court in northern Somalia has convicted 7 persons of committing acts of terrorism
A court in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, sentenced three men to death for their part in a gang
Zambia President Michael Chilufya Sata has pardoned 615 inmates with minor offenses countrywide while 113 have had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment.
According to unofficial sources in Iran, at least one woman was hanged in Gharchak Prison
Governor John Hickenlooper granted a reprieve to Nathan Dunlap, the state's longest-serving death row inmate, ordering his execution blocked indefinitely.
The three brothers who were convicted of killing two Omani nationals in Al Ain city
A military court in the Gaza Strip sentenced two people to death for collaborating
An Egyptian court sentenced four men to death by hanging for the 2011 killing of a Coptic Christian
In a report published today, "The death penalty in North Korea: in the machinery of a totalitarian
Texas Governor Rick Perry signed a bill known as the "Michael Morton Act" (Senate Bill 1611 and
A man convicted of murdering his brother-in-law with a sharp dagger was sentenced to death
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
