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

An American ex-Marine, who also holds Iranian citizenship, has been sentenced

Saudi Arabia beheaded a man convicted of murder, the interior minister said in a statement

the Mongolian Parliament approved a bill that aims to scrap the death penalty.

The European Union voiced concern over the large number of executions