One man was hanged in the prison of Ahvaz, southwest of Iran.

the Nyala General Court in Sudan issued death sentences against 20 people accused

the Hands Off Cain delegation in Mali (comprising Marco Pannella

"The new vote at the United Nations in favour of the moratorium records the positive

The UN General Assembly would, for the third time in four years, renew its call for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty under the terms of a draft resolution approved today in the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) by a recorded vote.

a Pakistani court sentenced Asia Bibi, 37, a farm laborer from Ittanwali, Punjab

the Hands Off Cain and Radical Party delegation in Mali, comprising Marco Pannella

"We hope to be able to abolish the death penalty in Morocco with an ad hoc law", Moroccan

the Hands Off Cain and Radical Party mission in Mali is continuing. Its objectives are to accelerate the parliamentary procedures for the definitive abolition of the death penalty in the country and to gain Mali's support for two important resolutions in discussion at the United Nations- the Universal Moratorium on capital punishment and the banning of female genital mutilation.

in Japan, Presiding Judge Akira Kanaya of the Tokyo High Court upheld a decision by

Tajikistan is a "few steps away" from abolishing capital punishment as a moratorium

According to the reports from Iran five prisoners were hanged in the prison of Gonbad