Kwadwo Ansah, alias "Akonta", a 31-year-old stone contractor, was sentenced to

Indonesia needs to follow China's example and sentence officials convicted of corruption

An al-Qaeda operative was sentenced to death by a state security court in Sana'a for his

Guyana's parliament voted to abolish the mandatory death penalty for people convicted of

Three men were hanged in the Karoun prison of Ahvaz, southwest of Iran, in the morning

presiding justice Ryuko Sakurai of the Japanese Supreme Court's first petty bench

the mission in Zambia by Radical parliamentarians Elisabetta Zamparutti and Marco Perduca concluded with meetings with the foreign minister and the president of the Republic.

a young woman was sentenced to death by Judge Mohammad Soltan Hemmatyar of

a delegation from Hands Off Cain is now in Zambia, the first step in a mission against the death

after participating yesterday at the “Death Has No Appeal” forum organised by the European Union in Lusaka, the Hands Off Cain delegation in Zambia (comprised of Radical parliamentarians Elizabetta Zamparutti and Marco Perduca) met the Zambian parliamentary members of the National Commission for the New Constitution this morning.

Iran defended its executions of people for drug trafficking, ISNA news agency reported.

Malaysian High Court Judge Datuk Wira Mohtarudin Baki sentenced security guard Rosnan