English authorities recognised the political refugee status of Iranian lesbian Pegah Emambakhsh, the Radical Association Certi Diritti said.
A former capital airports holding company chief was given a death sentence for bribery and embezzlement
three Iranians convicted of killing a businessman were hanged in the western city of Kermanshah, a newspaper reported.
the Nigerian Supreme Court affirmed the death sentence of Suleiman Olawale Arogundare for killing his
the Sana'a Court of Appeals in Yemen upheld the death sentence against a man for rape
Three Yemenis have been executed by firing squads after being convicted in separate cases of murder, the
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn said he has no immediate plans to lift the state's 9-year-old death penalty moratorium
a group of 150 Iranian lawyers addressed a letter to the country's judiciary chief, Ayatollah Mahmoud
A Tennessee man was executed by lethal injection for the death of a couple in 1985, authorities said. Steve Henley, 55, was sentenced to death for the slayings of Fred and Edna Stafford.
A gay Iraqi man due for deportation tomorrow has been told by the UK Border Agency to conduct his
One man was hanged in the prison of Bojnord (in the Iranian province of Northern Khorasan), reported the
Presiding Judge Hiroshi Shida of the Sendai High Court in Japan upheld the death sentence
On April 27, the State of Texas will carry out the death sentence on Melissa Lucio.