during a ceremony at the Palace State House in Freetown in Sierra Leone, the seat of the Presidency of the Republic, a delegation of Hands Off Cain and the Nonviolent Radical Party Transnational and Transparty (NRPTT), composed of the Secretary of HOC, Sergio D'Elia, the co-vice President of the Nonviolent Radical Party, Senator Marco Perduca, and Elisabetta Zamparutti, Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and Treasurer of HOC, presented the Award "Abolitionist of the Year 2012" to President Ernest Bai Koroma, because a year ago he emptied death row, commuted all death sentences, and has engaged in international fora to abolish the death penalty.

In Malaysia, the High Court sentenced two Customs preventive officers to death by hanging

Moamer Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam without a doubt would get a death sentence

In Nigeria, the Owerri High Court sentenced a soldier, Bassey Asinya, to death

“Today is World and European Day against the Death Penalty. The European Union

In India, a court in Sambalpur district (Odisha State) handed over death

In Iran, five men were executed in the Zahedan prison, Human Rights Activists News Agency

In Trinidad and Tobago, two men were convicted of murder and sentenced to death while

Today begins a four days mission of Hands Off Cain and the Radical Party in Sierra Leone. The mission is aimed to obtain a legal moratorium or the abolition of the death penalty in the country, and the support of the African country to the Resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations for the universal moratorium on executions.

Eleven people were executed in Iraq, bringing the number of executions this year to at least 113.

Five prisoners were hanged in Shiraz (southern Iran), reported the Iranian state media.

In Lebanon, Military Tribunal Judge Imad al-Zein issued the death penalty against Hani