Saudi authorities beheaded a man some thirty years after he was convicted of murder, after his victim's youngest son came of age and agreed to the punishment.
A Court of Appeal in Lagos affirmed the death sentence slammed on the General-Overseer
An Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) in Pakistan awarded the death penalty seven times to an accused convicted
according to Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), six prisoners were hanged in Esfahan, Iran,
President of India Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent to the anti-rape law ordinance after cabinet ministers recommended changes to impose harsher punishments for rapists, including the death penalty.
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan’s Punjab province awarded two death sentences
Seventy-six inmates, two of them female, are languishing in prison in Zimbabwe awaiting execution.
President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan requested for stay of execution on Nigerians on
Iran Human Rights reported that reliable sources in Iran said as many as 400 prisoners might have been executed in Mashhad’s Vakilabad Prison in the previous four or five months.
Five prisoners were executed in the prison of Kerman (Southeastern Iran) in the morning, reported the state run Iranian media.
Amnesty International has expressed concern at the situation in a Yemeni prison where scores
An overseas Filipino worker who has languished on death row in Saudi Arabia for more than a
