dissident Ardeshir Geshavarz was hanged in the northern Iranian city of Karaj. He was accused

Iraq executed 77 people last year, all of whom were convicted of terrorism-related offences, the country's supreme court said.

Ahmad Karimi, a young carpenter accused of being a ringleader in the post-election unrest in Iran

three men were hanged in the prison of Isfahan (central Iran) according to the official site of Isfahan’s

An Egyptian court sentenced three men to death after they were convicted of rape and armed robbery

Akmal Shaikh, a British national who was convicted of smuggling drugs into China, was executed by lethal

the Hands Off Cain Congress IV took place on December 17 and 18 in Padova Jail. The Association’s Secretary and Treasurer both gave speeches that were approved.

five prominent Ethiopian politicians were sentenced to death by the Federal High Court for plotting

a 43-year-old factory supervisor was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court for drug trafficking.

Vietnam has charged a well-known human rights lawyer and his associates with subversion, a charge that

Three men were hanged in the prison of Zahedan, capital of the southeast Iranian province of Sistan-

The Second Palestinian National Conference for the Abolition of the Death Penalty concluded in Ramallah,