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
the European Union will work for the abolition of capital punishment in Egypt, EU High
Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its citizens by sword in Riyadh after he was convicted
One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Ghazvin (west of Tehran) early this morning, reported the Iranian news agency Mehr.
Two prisoners were executed early this morning in the prison of Semnan
Justice Minister Hideo Hiraoka stressed the need for a national debate on whether Japan should
Saudi Arabia has decided to triple diya, the money paid by a killer to the victim’s relatives
four ethnic minority men were sentenced to death for the latest spate of violent attacks
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
