Just four states carried out more than three-fourths of the executions in the United
Death sentences for 28 people accused of terrorism-related offences were reportedly ratified
a conference held on 15-16 December in Beijing discussed a range of measures aimed at significantly reducing the use of capital punishment in China.
The Syrian man convicted in the killing of a young woman at a monastery in the Kesrouan area
Uganda ruled out including executions in a bill seeking to impose harsher penalties on
Two Iranian men were sentenced to death by the High Court in the State of Selangor
In Nigeria, the National Assembly approved the death penalty for acts of terrorism
In Vietnam, the People’s Court of the mountainous northern province of Son La sentenced five members of a massive drug trafficking ring to death following a 10-day trial.
Malaysia has seen positive developments in the move towards abolishing the death penalty
An Iraqi court has handed down a fifth death sentence on the country's fugitive Sunni Vice President
There are 477 convicts on death row in India, the government says.
A girl named as Hind Al-Barti was executed on the 3rd of December this year, UN
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
