The High Court in Banjul convicted and sentenced two men, namely Saikou Ceesay and Abdou
Andrew Allen Cook, 38, white, was executed in Georgia.
According to reports at least 80 Afghan civilians have been hanged by Iran over drugs and opium smuggling charges.
The special court for crimes committed in Darfur, headed by judge Tarig Khalil, sentenced six
Three prisoners were hanged in the prison of Dizelabad in Kermanshah (western Iran).
Carl Blue, 48, black, was executed in Texas. He had been condemned to die for killing
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe's office said today that he signed legislation (SB 237) that rewrites
In Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Interior said Abdulkarim Ibrahim Mousa Abkar, a Chadian national, was executed in Makkah after being found guilty of dealing in cocaine for the second time.
A Yemeni killer who had been on the death row in Saudi Arabia for six years will soon
Japan has hanged a child killer and two other convicted murderers, its first executions since a conservative government swept to power in landslide elections in December.
One prisoner was hanged publicly in Arak (central Iran). According to the official website
A federal appeals court halted the execution of a Georgia man who killed a fellow prisoner in 1990, granting a last-minute stay to the inmate who defense attorneys argued was mentally disabled.
