a court in China upheld the death sentence awarded to South African woman Janice Bronwyn Linden, 35, for smuggling drugs into the country, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
A Dubai court rejected the appeal of an Emirati man sentenced to death for raping and
Five people were hanged in Mashad (northeastern Iran) according to the reports.
the gradual abolition of the death penalty is the Taiwanese government's aim, Justice Minister
the Chinese Supreme People's Court announced that Japanese nationals Teruo Takeda, 67, Hironori Ukai
Sixteen persons were sentenced to death in India by a Bihar court for their involvement in
Hamas rejected rights group' call for not resuming executions in the Gaza Strip.
An Ethiopian court has handed down a death sentence to an alleged leader
Hamas authorities should rescind a recent announcement that they intend to resume application
An appeals court in Yemen upheld the death sentence against Bassam al-Haidari who was found guilty of contacts with former Israeli premier Ehud Olmert on the Internet to plot against Yemen.
North Korea executed two top financial officials in a desperate attempt to quell public anger at its bungled currency revaluation, South Korean news reports and analysts said.
to the court in Mahabad in the Iranian Kurdish province of Urmiyeh, Caziye Dervis Zade and her
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
