China executed by lethal injection Pakistani man Zahid Husain Shah, 35, in Shanghai. He was
two men have been hanged in Iran in the last days, media reported.
Troy Davis has been executed in Georgia, despite a plea for clemency from almost a million people worldwide.
a man convicted of killing a judge was executed by firing squad in Puntland port city of Bossaso
17-year-old Alireza Mollasoltani was publically hanged in Karaj (west of Tehran) early this morning.
Sudanese national Abdul Hamid bin Hussain bin Moustafa al-Fakki was beheaded in
the government has decreed that executions will be carried out by lethal injection
The state Board of Pardons and Paroles declined to commute the death sentence
there were 357 prisoners on death row at the moment with some having served over 15 years while waiting for their sentences to be carried out, Commissioner General of Prisons P. W. Kodippili said.
According to the Iranian government daily "Iran", 22 prisoners were hanged in the prisons of Evin (Tehran) and Rajaei Shahr (Karaj, west of Tehran) for drug-related crimes.
A convicted killer in a Saudi jail was found dead a day before he was to be executed
Harm Reduction International has released a new report: The Death Penalty for Drug
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
