Youcef Nadarkhani, 35, was released from prison and reunited with his family after
One man was hanged in public in Tehran early this morning.
Taliban insurgents beheaded 17 Afghans in a rebel-controlled area of southern Afghanistan
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John Russo Dismisses All Charges and Frees
According to the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in the province of Semnan, one
A Saudi national convicted of torturing his wife before strangling her to death was executed
An Iraqi court found the nation's Sunni vice president guilty of running death squads against security
According to unofficial reports in Iran, eleven prisoners were hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison early this morning.
The Gambian website Freedomnewspaper reported that Tabara Samba, one of nine
Sri Lanka hopes to have two hangmen ready to carry out the death penalty if it is implemented
In India, Agartala bench of Gauhati High Court upheld the verdict of Additional and
Somalia's most powerful Islamist rebel group al-Shabab executed two men, accusing them to
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
