A Uighur man accused by the Chinese government of being the mastermind behind deadly

Countries that carried out executions in 2011 did so at an alarming rate but those employing

In Malaysia, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein told the Parliament that a total of 860 prisoners have been sentenced to death for various offences such as murder, drug trafficking, firearms offences and kidnapping up to 28 February 2012.

In Bangladesh, a speedy trial tribunal sentenced to death Tajul Islam Sagar for

In Nigeria, the Supreme Court re-affirmed the death sentence passed on a security guard, Stephen

William Mitchell, 61, black, was executed in Mississippi.

China has pledged to abolish the practice of taking transplant human organs from condemned prisoners within three to five years, a senior health official said.

In Liberia, Murder suspect William G. Dweh, was sentenced to a maximum death penalty

In Thailand, Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Ubumrung vowed to push for law amendments to have drug convicts executed 15 days after the Appeal Court's verdict upholds the death sentence.

A former postman was sentenced to death by hanging by the High Court in Malaysia after being

A security guard who killed his teenage sister-in-law was sentenced to death in

In Singapore, Indian national Bijukumar Remadevi Nair Gopinathan, 36, was convicted of the murder