Illegal organ harvesting has become worse under reforms put in place by
Ten people were executed in Karaj’s Rejai Shahr Prison, Iran, early this morning.
Iran has hanged a drug smuggler in the southern city of Zarand in Kerman province
Japan has appointed a new justice minister who opposes the death penalty, raising hopes
The Iranian judiciary said there have been no changes in the case of Sakineh Mohammadi
A Muslim man was condemned to death in south Egypt for the January 2010 slaying
a military court in Somalia executed three soldiers of transitional federal government on Saturday
Iran has suspended a sentence to hang a woman at the center of a global outcry about
one Kurdish political prisoner was executed in the prison of Oroumieh, in Iran.
the first lawyer in the Office of the General Attorney in Yemen ordered
a convicted murderer was executed in Alabama after the US Supreme Court
Iran has hanged five men convicted of drug trafficking, the state broadcaster
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