South Sudan will keep the capital punishment in place unless amendments are introduced
A Palestinian military court in the West Bank sentenced a man to death after convicting
Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley signed the abolition of the death penalty at a crowded ceremony in Annapolis.
A Saudi court sentenced a local man to death after he was convicted of raping and torturing
Four prisoners were hanged in the prison of Arak (central Iran), reported the Iranian state
The Supreme Court of India commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence awarded
Steve Smith, 46, White, was executed in Ohio.
Papua New Guinea's prime minister has announced plans to begin implementing the death penalty
the semi-autonomous State of Puntland executed 13 Al-Shabaab militants convicted
A Belarusian court has handed down the first death penalty this year, the Mogilyov Prosecutor's Office said in a statement.
Five persons were sentenced to death by a district court in India in a three-year-old case of kidnapping
The Amnesty International Ghana (AIG) commended government for accepting the
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
