A criminal court in Cairo sentenced to death a police officer for killing protesters, the first such penalty
Iran hanged three men in Isfahan after convicting them of murder and drug smuggling
death row prisoners started a fast unto death campaign at the Welikada prison in Colombo
An Ohio man was executed in the morning after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal, officials said.
National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN) and organizations working in Pakistan
China executed a convicted murderer after raising his suspended death sentence
An Egyptian military court sentenced a 17-year-old and three other men to be hanged
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.
On April 27, the State of Texas will carry out the death sentence on Melissa Lucio.