In India, the Supreme Court held that Section 27(3) of the Arms Act, 1959 that provides
In Sri Lanka, Colombo High Court sentenced a trishaw driver to death for
Portugal's Supreme Court refused a second appeal by the United States to extradite American
In Botswana, death row inmate Zibani Thamo convicted of murder was hanged in the morning.
two Yemeni oppositionists, Khalid Nahshal and Abdu Nahshal, were executed in a political
Iraq executed 17 convicted criminals in one day this week, the justice ministry said, bringing to at least 51 the number so far this year.
One prisoner was hanged in the prison Zanjan (western Iran) early
Toshio Ogawa is the first justice minister to tacitly support capital punishment since the Democratic
In Zimbabwe, High Court Judge Lawrence Kamocha has sentenced to death twice
In India, the Gauhati high court upheld its previous order of a death sentence for murder convict
A ‘blasphemy’ accused was sentenced to death and also to 10 years’ imprisonment in Pakistan.
Two prisoners were hanged in the prison of Semnan, north of Iran.
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
