Four men were hanged publicly in the town of Khomeinishahr, in central Iran, early in the morning.

3.30pm, Via di Torre Argentina 76, Rome

October 10, 2011: in conjunction with the World Day Against the Death Penalty, Hands Off Cain and the Rwandan government are holding a conference against the death penalty. Twenty three countries from southern, central, and eastern Africa will participate. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE CONFERENCE On October 13 and 14, 2011, the Ministers of Justice and Foreign Affairs and the Presidents of parliament will meet in Kigali to discuss the death penalty. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE CONFERENCE LIVE

A Saudi man convicted of murdering his own grandmother was beheaded in Medina in western

regarding the execution today in Egypt of Hamam El-Kamouny, Hands Off Cain Secretary

Egypt executed a man for killing six Christians and one Muslim in a shooting in 2010.

one prisoner was executed in the prison of Isfahan, Iran.

Saudi Arabia executed eight Bangladeshi nationals and two Saudis for murder, the state

justices Jillani, Khosa and Muslim of the Pakistani Supreme Court upheld the death sentence

Political prisoner Aziz Khakzad was secretly hanged in Kerman Central Prison, Iran, on charges of

A court in northern Vietnam sentenced three people to death for heroin trafficking.

the second petty bench of the Japanese Supreme Court refused to review death penalty appeals filed by