Seven convicted people were hanged in Iran's Esfahan prison, Kayhan newspaper reported.

The General Assembly of the United Nations in New York has adopted a new resolution on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, the fourth since 2007.

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has spoken out against the controversial death penalty

In Pakistan, Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) No-II, Rawalpindi, Judge Rana Masood Akhtar

A Sudanese man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword in the western city of Mecca, the Saudi interior ministry said.

The High Court of Bombay at Goa reduced the death sentence awarded to a man by a lower

In Ohio, Republican Gov. John Kasich granted clemency to Ronald Post following the recommendation

One prisoner was hanged in Kashan (central Iran) today, reported the Iranian state media.

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