At a press conference with leaders of the NAACP, Maryland's Governor Martin O'Malley
Sources in Iran have reported that the death Sentences for five Ahwazi Arab political prisoners were upheld by the Iranian Supreme Court.
South Korea's top court rejected arguments for reinstating the death sentence
The court in Malaysia cancelled the death sentence on Bulgarians Georgi Bakalov and
The Criminal Court in Maldives has found Ahmed Samah of Kaashidhoo guilty of murdering
In Nigeria, an Ado-Ekiti High Court sentenced one Emmanuel Tometin to death by hanging for
President Pranab Mukherjee rejected the mercy petition of murder convict Saibanna Ningappa
A Sri Lankan has been sentenced to death by a court in Qatar after he was found guilty of
Notwithstanding the growing clamour for death penalty to the Delhi rape-and-murder case
More than 45 foreign maids are on death row in Saudi Arabia, amid growing global outrage over the treatment of migrant workers, UK's The Observer newspaper reported.
Americans' support for the death penalty as punishment for murder has plateaued
A court in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar town, India, sentenced to death a man for raping
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
