A judge in Guyana commuted the death sentences of four prisoners, saying their protracted

in the last days of her presidency, President Pratibha Patil commuted 30 death sentence

In Zimbabwe, human rights activists have slammed the inclusive government for lack of sincerity

Hamad al-Naqi, the Kuwaiti Shiite tweeter arrested in March for allegedly cursing

A court in Pakistan awarded a death sentence to a man for murder. Additional District and

The Chinese government has agreed to lift the death sentence on a total of 22 Ugandans

According to local authorities in western afghan Nimroz province the dead bodies of three Afghans

Hosni Mubarak, toppled by an uprising last year after 30 years ruling Egypt, was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in killing protesters after a trial that sets a precedent for holding Middle East autocrats to account.

At least nine prisoners were executed in two different prisons in Iran, reported unofficial reports from Iran.

In India, a fast track court sentenced a 22-year-old man to death for raping and killing

In India, Home Minister P Chidambaram told his monthly press conference that the death sentence of three more prisoners, including a man convicted for rape and murder of a five-year-old girl, were commuted to life imprisonment by President Pratibha Devisingh Patil.

An Indian national was sentenced to the gallows by the High Court in Malaysia after he was