The Iranian regime executed at least 15 people at the central prison of Zahedan city in Balochistan
In Lebanon, Head of the Parliament’s Human Rights Committee Michel Moussa called
China’s top judicial official, Zhou Qiang, called on courts to “dare to stick to the truth” at a seminar in Beijing.
According to the state run news agency Fars one prisoner was hanged early in the morning in the
William Frederick Happ, 51, White, was executed in Florida. He was the first inmate to be executed
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko fully justifies the use of the death penalty in his country
In Iran, a prisoner was found to be alive 24 hours after being hanged and declared dead.
In Zimbabwe, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa says
In Nigeria, two persons were sentenced to death by hanging by an Asaba High Court, having been
European officials and UNICEF welcomed Yemen’s decision to not carry out the death penalty against juvenile offenders, in keeping with international regulations.
Saudi authorities beheaded a citizen in the western province of Taif after he was convicted
Gov. Jay Nixon Halts the execution of Allen Nicklasson that would have been 1st US execution by