six people have been hanged recently in Iran.
Thomas Whisenhant, a US man convicted of having killed and mutilated a young woman in 1976, was executed by lethal injection at Alabama's Holman prison, penitentiary authorities said.
the Lhasa Intermediate People’s Court in China sentenced Tibetan Sonam Tsering
a man was hanged in the Iranian province of Khuzestan for drug trafficking.
The Kuwaiti appeals court confirmed a death sentence against a woman convicted
A Mauritanian court sentenced three Al-Qaeda members to death for the
the Yemen state security appeals court upheld the death sentences of Abdel Karim
Iran released an internationally renowned filmmaker and opposition supporter on bail after more than two months in custody, state TV reported.
A Mauritanian prosecutor asked the Nouakchott criminal court to sentence
the interim government published the final draft of the Kyrgyz Constitution, which was finalized by the
Iran executed a brother of the detained leader of a Sunni Muslim rebel group behind the deadliest bomb attack in the Islamic Republic in years, official media reported.
Iran hanged a man identified only as Mohammad in the central province of Isfahan
To Mr Volker Turk - the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and to Ms. Mai Sato - the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran
