One prisoner was hanged in the town of Aran-Bigdel, reported the Iranian state broadcasting. The
A Pakistani man has been executed in Saudi Arabia after being found guilty of drug trafficking.
A man was awarded the death penalty in India for burning alive his daughter-in-law
The second of two Georgians has been saved from execution for drug crimes in Malaysia
April 2, 2012: In the Philippines, Vice President Jejomar Binay announced that reimposing the death penalty will not prevent criminality.
Saudi Arabia has decided to bolster its religious police unit specialized in arresting magicians within
an Afghan woman was extra-judicially executed, after being sentenced to death for
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Seri Nazri Abdul Aziz said the Government has no
the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) party has called on the government to abolish the barbaric
In India, District and sessions court of Surat city awarded capital punishment to a man
A court in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region upheld a verdict
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda defended the use of the death penalty, a day after
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
