Kenyan fighting for the Al-Shabaab was executed by the Somali militant group for alleged espionage.
Three men's five years of freedom came to an end today when their acquittal on a charge of murdering
A Hamas official in Gaza says the militant group sentenced a local Palestinian to death for collaborating with Israel.
A man, Gohar Ahmed alias Chaman, was sentenced to death in Pakistan for kidnapping
A man was awarded capital punishment in Uttar Pradesh (India), in a 12-year old rape
A Filipina was sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia for trafficking in cocaine
The blog "The Pentobarbital Experiment" summarized, with very polemical tone, the role
A court in Fatehpur, India, sentenced one person to death and two others to life imprisonment
Bahrain's cassation court annulled the death sentences of two Shiites and the life imprisonment
The new year also began with a series of mass executions in Iran.
A Tunisian citizen has been extradited to his home country after being sentenced to death
Doctors from around the world call on Hospira to impose restrictions on sale of muscle relaxant
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