press reports said an Arab man who murdered his wife in Abu Dhabi, United Arab
Denmark's foreign minister says she will urge U.S. states such as Texas and Ohio to stop using
former Kemaman local council worker Zulhisham Fadly Muhamad, 30, was sentenced
a Katsina State High Court, sitting in Malumfashi, Nigeria, sentenced farmer Nura Malam
the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) called on
Iran hanged three inmates all convicted of killing two policemen, armed robbery and kidnapping and a fourth person convicted of serial killings.
Britain is to ban the export to the US of three pharmaceutical drugs that are used to execute prisoners on death row, business secretary Vince Cable has said.
Morocco freed 92 political prisoners under a pardon issued by the king following street protests
Two people were hanged in the prison of Arak, in central Iran.
Tajikstan's lower chamber of parliament voted to improve prison conditions for convicts
Mao Ran, 26, was executed in Xiamen, China, for ordering others to conduct
The legislature's Judiciary Committee approved 26-17 a bill that would abolish
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
