in Pakistan, a man was executed by hanging at Sukkur Central Jail One,
Uzbekistan's upper house of parliament adopted amendments to the constitution that would abolish
the official Saudi Arabian Press website carried a Saudi Interior
Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed legislation amending Kyrgyzstan's criminal codes and abolishing the death penalty.
the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, meeting
the official Saudi Arabian Press Agency website carried a Saudi Interior Ministry statement saying that the
Amnesty International appealed to Iran to stop executing children and those who committed their crimes
the Yahar Primary Court in Lahj, Yemen, sentenced Mohsen Yahia Munassar to death for the shooting
Norimichi Kumamoto, a former judge who in 1968 sentenced a pro boxer to
a court in eastern Wenzhou city, China, has handed death sentences with a two-year reprieve to
The execution of people under the age of 18 has "practically stopped" in Iran and the government is
Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as ``Chemical Ali,'' and two other regime
Kurdish labor activist sentenced to death