A Filipino overseas contract worker who has been facing execution in a jail in Saudi
Ten prisoners were executed in Iran yesterday and today, reported the state run Iranian media.
The Bombay high court (HC) confirmed the death sentence awarded to 45-year-old Wadi
Two brothers sentenced to death for murdering a fellow Saudi were decapitated by the sword in
twenty two Indonesian maids on death row in Saudi Arabia were exonerated and returned
two convicted murderers and a man found guilty of treason were hanged early in the morning, the ministry of interior in the Gaza Strip said.
A 30-year-old Chinese woman was sentenced to death by a court in Wenzhou for "cheating
One man, Rakib Sonar, 25, was sentenced to death and another was sentenced to
A senior Hamas official said that capital punishment against people he
The Connecticut Senate voted 20-16 on a bill that would do away with the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment.
Pentagon approves 9/11 death penalty tribunal. Retired Vice Adm. Bruce MacDonald, in
Iraq should impose a moratorium on executions in the country, which has seen a sharp rise in
To Mr Volker Turk - the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and to Ms. Mai Sato - the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran
