Iran hanged five people in the central city of Isfahan for drug trafficking, state television's

Malaysian High Court Judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Md Yasin sentenced coconut drink seller Nadzari Awang Hamat, 37, to death for trafficking in 8,183.8g of cannabis in Puchong on June 8, 2000.

A special court of review today dismissed a public reprimand of Judge Sharon Keller,

at a conference held in Rome on October 10 on the World Day Against the Death Penalty, Hands Off Cain presented the dossier “Sakineh and the others” on stoning around the world and showed a video by the Iranian Resistance with images of a double stoning, carried out by the Mullah's regime.

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the west of having a double standard

today the Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved (with only two abstentions) a motion presented by Radical Parliamentarian Elisabetta Zamparutti and signed by representatives of all political groups.

One woman and three men were hanged in the prison of Zanjan, west of Iran, early this morning

a court in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland has executed two

Spanish Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, called for a worldwide moratorium

To coincide with the eighth World Day against the Death Penalty, MEPs adopted a resolution condemning

Eight people were hanged in the prison of Kerman, south east of Iran, reported the official

a new law approved in Gambia sets anyone convicted of possessing more than 250 g of cocaine