Rizana Nafeek is appealing her death sentence for the accidental death of a child that a family
Egyptian man Atef Rohyum Abd El Al Rohyum was hanged in Cairo’s Isti'naf prison, and his female co-accused, Jihan Mohammed Ali, was executed in Giza for murdering Ali's husband in January 2004.
Six people arrested during the riots on Ashura Day were sentenced to death, Tehran
A convicted cop killer was executed by lethal injection in Texas, state prison
One man was hanged in public in the southwest Iranian city of Ahvaz, reported the official
Taiwan's justice minister resigned after failing to win support for her opposition
Legal amendments were necessary to cut the number of executions, but Justice Minister
A Nigerian man received the death penalty in Dongguan, Guangdong province, China,
Two men were hanged in the prison of Qom, Iran, reported the state run Iranian
Justice Minister Wang Ching-feng said she’d rather resign than have one prisoner
One man was hanged in the prison of Rajaee Shahr (west of Tehran) last week. According
China has so far convicted 198 people for involvement in deadly ethnic violence last July in
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
