Somali Cabinet Ministers approved the Somali anti-terrorism bill in an effort to eliminate
A "highly technical issue" is currently at the heart of the appeal of a 2011 court ruling in Marin
six convicts on death row were executed in Taipei, Taichung, Tainan and Hualien, the Ministry of Justice said in a statement.
the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, condemned the 16 April
Five prisoners were hanged in three different Iranian prisons today.
The United Nations called on Iraq to suspend use of the death penalty after authorities executed
The Delta State House of Assembly voted against Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of the
In Nigeria, a 22-year-old man, Julius Aboy was sentenced to death for stealing N955,600 by a Delta
An Afghan judge in Eastern Kunar province sentenced three men to death for killing a woman
In Zambia, the Human Rights Commission (HRC) has commended delegates to the Bill of Rights
Iraq has put 21 men to death, a senior justice ministry official has told AFP, the
Ronnie Threadgill, 40, black, was executed in Texas for fatally shooting a teenager
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
