the Ombada General Criminal Court in Khartoum, Sudan, dismissed the charges of Intisar Sharif Abdallah, an activist and mother of three, who was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery under Article 146 of the Sudanese penal code.
The death penalty can be executed within the existing justice system of the Maldives
In Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari has stopped the implementation of the sentencing
two prisoners were hanged in the prison of Rafsanjan, Iran, early in the morning. According
In Indonesia, the Bali Post quoted the National Chief Prosecutors office as confirming that
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued three new "counter-terrorism" laws, the official
The Bombay High Court set aside the death sentence awarded by a Kolhapur trial court
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Member States which use the death penalty to abolish this practice, stressing that the right to life lies at the heart of international human rights law.
An Indian national from Chennai was sentenced to death by hanging in Malaysia after he
ADPAN (Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network) welcomes the news that
An Iranian businessman was sent to the gallows by a High Court in Malaysia for trafficking 2kg of
In Pakistan, an anti terrorism court awarded death sentence to five accused in the murder
