Eleven Punjabi youths, lodged in Abu Dhabi jail for allegedly murdering a Pakistani, could evade capital
A Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the Nigerian Army to stay execution on the death sentence passed
Iran's top human rights official responded to UN criticism of the death penalty in his country by saying 93
Saudi Arabia beheaded two prisoners convicted of drug smuggling, raising to 61 the number of death sentences carried out in the kingdom this year, according to an AFP tally.
A Chinese man who killed a two-year-old girl after a row with her mother over a parking space was
A 29-year-old Malaysian condemned to hang in 2009 for drug trafficking had his
Five prisoners were hanged in the prison of Rasht (Northern Iran) in the morning, reported the official
The Colombo High Court awarded the death sentence to five Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested by the Sri
In Bangladesh, a Natore court has sentenced one person to death for killing a class nine student in broad
Miguel Paredes, 32, Hispanic, was executed in Texas.
3 Kurds and an Iranian citizen were executed in the Urmia city of East Kurdistan.
Jamaat-e-Islami Chief Motiur Rahman Nizami was awarded death sentence for committing crimes against
