Myanmar's new president announced an amnesty for prisoners, commuting the sentences

three men have been hanged in Iran, Iran Human Rights reported.

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