with the deposit of its instrument of accession, Benin has become part of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), aiming at the abolition of the death penalty.

the Ombada General Criminal Court in Khartoum, Sudan, dismissed the charges of Intisar Sharif Abdallah, an activist and mother of three, who was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery under Article 146 of the Sudanese penal code.

The death penalty can be executed within the existing justice system of the Maldives

In Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari has stopped the implementation of the sentencing

two prisoners were hanged in the prison of Rafsanjan, Iran, early in the morning. According

In Indonesia, the Bali Post quoted the National Chief Prosecutors office as confirming that

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued three new "counter-terrorism" laws, the official

The Bombay High Court set aside the death sentence awarded by a Kolhapur trial court

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