Amnesty International said in a report Iran has launched "a killing spree of staggering proportions

The Syrian regime is tightening its grip around armed rebels and deserters. The official news agency SANA reported that President Bashar al-Assad, has signed a decree imposing the death penalty on anyone who 'supplies weapons or helps supply weapons to commit terrorist acts'.

One prisoner was hanged in the central prison of Ilam (western Iran) early this morning

Malaysian High Court Justice Azman Abdullah sentenced labourer Rosdi Taib, 43, from Rantau Panjang, to

Three prisoners were hanged in the prison of Arak (south of Tehran) early

the Death Penalty Information Center released its latest report, “The Death Penalty in

Gov. Bev Perdue today vetoed the bill that would gut the Racial Justice Act, the 2-year-old

three men have been hanged recently in Iran for drug trafficking, rape.

Vladislav Kovalyov, one of the two men sentenced to death in Belarus for bombing a metro

Swaziland is one of the countries that have been urged to consider repealing the death sentence

The Arkansas Supreme Court tossed out Erickson Dimas-Martinez's murder conviction

The leader and two core members of a Mafia-style gang that terrorized local communities in southwest China's city of Kunming were executed, court officials said.