India executed a Pakistan national, Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the lone survivor of a militant squad

Between 16 and 20 November 2012, after Israel launched its latest assault on Gaza called “Pillar

Afghanistan executed eight prisoners on death row with more executions expected soon

South Sudan will continue to apply the death sentence to convicts of treason and murder

The UN General Assembly’s Third Committee in New York adopted a new resolution

In Singapore, the mandatory death penalty will no longer be applied to murder cases where

Today begins a four-day mission of Hands Off Cain and the Radical Party in Chad to support the abolitionist process internally and to gain the support of the African country to the UN resolution for the universal moratorium on executions.

According to the official website of the Iranian judiciary in Fars Province two prisoners identified as "A. M." convicted of carrying 85 kilograms of opium and 10 kilograms of concentrated heroin, and "S. S." convicted of carrying 2800 grams of concentrated heroin, were hanged publicly the Iranian town of Darab (southern Iran).

A Pakistani court condemned a man to death for blasphemy, believed to be the first such sentence

As many as 21 death row convicts were pardoned in Bangladesh by the President in about four

Iran hanged 45 prisoners, bringing the total number of executions this year in that country

A Pakistani soldier sentenced to death four years ago become the first man to be executed in the country for almost four years. Muhammed Hussain was condemned in 2008 for murdering his senior officer. He was hanged at a jail in Mianwali city, Punjab province, early in the morning. All his appeals for mercy were rejected.