United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Member States which use the death penalty to abolish this practice, stressing that the right to life lies at the heart of international human rights law.
An Indian national from Chennai was sentenced to death by hanging in Malaysia after he
ADPAN (Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network) welcomes the news that
An Iranian businessman was sent to the gallows by a High Court in Malaysia for trafficking 2kg of
In Pakistan, an anti terrorism court awarded death sentence to five accused in the murder
Four prisoners have been executed recently in two different Iranian towns, according to the state run Iranian news agencies.
In North Carolina, the General Assembly overrode Gov. Bev Perdue's veto of legislation
In Malaysia, two brothers were among four drug traffickers handed the death
two prisoners were hanged publicly in Robat Karim, Iran, early in the morning.
an Algerian court sentenced the leader of Al-Qaeda's north African branch and seven
President Pratibha Patil commuted the death sentences of three prisoners lodged in
Gov. Bev Perdue today vetoed the bill that would have gutted the Racial Justice Act, the 2009
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
