Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s home state of Bayelsa signed a law approving the death
A former chef escaped the hangman's noose for drug trafficking today after the Federal Court set
In India, a total of 1,455 convicts were handed out death sentence in the past 10 years which
The appointment of a new hangman in Zimbabwe does not mean the 74 men and two women
One prisoner was publicly hanged in Tehran. According to the state run Iranian news agency
Days after the hanging of Afzal Guru, President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected the mercy
Two prisoners were hanged in Arak (South of Tehran), reported the Iranian state media.
The Russian State Duma decided against re-introducing the death penalty. MPs do not see execution
Dubai criminal court has sentenced the Emirati torture dad to death while his girlfriend was given life in
Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its nationals in the southwestern Aseer region after he was convicted of murdering a fellow citizen, the interior ministry announced.
A man who raped and murdered a minor girl four years ago was sentenced to death
Seventeen Indians, who had been on death row in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the murder
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
