A Malian court has sentenced to death a Tunisian man accused of throwing an
Iran hanged three convicted rapists and six drug traffickers -- one of them a woman -- in different cities, local media reported.
A Sudanese court sentenced seven members of a Darfur rebel group to death by hanging
One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Qom (south of Tehran) reported the state run
Fahd bin Saif Al-Qahtani was executed for killing security official Hasan bin Salem
China sentenced Liu Xiang to death with two years' reprieve for harming public
in China, Lishui karaoke bar owner Chen Weijun, 42, was executed for raping 14
Eleven prisoners were hanged in the prison of Shiraz (southern Iran) early in the morning
Iraq executed 16 Al-Qaeda members convicted of involvement in the massacre of 70 people
an appellate court in the southern province of Dong Nai, Vietnam, sentenced a 26-
Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Amir Kasab was handed down the death sentence for his role in the 26
The governor of Oregon announced a halt to executions in the northwestern US state, the latest to drop capital punishment as a penal option.
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
