One of the world's most respected spiritual leaders has asked that mercy be shown in
A North Korean man has been executed after murdering his two children for food, media
Egypt's Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa approved a death sentence delivered in absentia for seven
A man who killed his colleague and was sentenced to death, had his capital punishment
One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Mianeh (northwestern Iran) reported the official
An Egyptian judge sentenced 21 people to death for their roles in a football game riot last year, a ruling
A Bahraini appeals court upheld a death sentence and a life-term respectively passed
The question of abolishing the death penalty in Belarus remains open, Chairman of the Constitutional
A Shariatpur court sentenced two activists of the banned Islamist outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh
Two men were executed in Iran in recent days, in two separate cases.
The head of Iran’s judiciary says the execution of two prisoners convicted of armed robbery was
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
