A military official was stoned to death in Pakistan after he was caught trying to elope with
The House of Delegates passed (82-56) a bill (HB 295) to abolish the death penalty in Maryland for future crimes. The same bill passed the Maryland Senate on March 6.
In a fast-track trial, a man was sentenced to death by a court in India for raping and killing an
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has suspended executions of Filipinos for three months, giving a Filipino
in Sri Lanka, the Monaragala High Court sentenced to death 5 people over a shooting incident
An Algeria court sentenced a former police commissioner to death for murdering
Five men found guilty of killing four staff of the Tobruk branch of the Bank of North Africa
Iran hanged four Afghan prisoners on Monday in Vakil Abad Prison in northeastern
Two men sentenced to death for drug dealing had their sentence commuted to four years
Mohammed Haza'a was put to death by the Yemeni government despite legitimate questions as to whether he was under the age of 18 when he committed an alleged murder.
eight men were executed in Saudi Arabia, bringing to 26 the number of people put to death in Saudi Arabia so far this year.
The Bombay High Court confirmed the death penalty to a 22-year-old youth from
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
