at the 12th retrial result announcement for the 1987 kidnap-murder case of nine-year
the 2011 State of the World's Human Rights Report, which was launched by Amnesty
11 people have been hanged recently in Iran. On May 14, one man found guilty of drug smuggling was hanged in a prison in the northern town of Tonekabon, the Kayhan newspaper reported.
federal prison authorities in Sudan executed two young women by hanging for killing
Saad bin Mussaed al-Qurayni was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for murder. He was found
"The number of executions in Iran is high because 74% of those executed are of drug traffickers
About 60 North Koreans were executed publicly in 2010 for acts against
three people were hanged in the prison of Miandoab, in west of Iran, official Iranian news agency IRNA reported.
after intense international criticism, proponents of an anti-gay bill before Uganda's parliament
The Virginia Department of Corrections will substitute pentobarbital for sodium
Authorities in Iran have hanged five convicted drug-traffickers in
Azerbaijani Deputy Justice Minister head Madat Guliyev said it is impossible to restore the
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours