Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry said authorities beheaded a Saudi man convicted of
eight people sentenced to death for drug production and trafficking were executed in China.
A Khartoum court condemned four Islamists to death for the 2008 killing of a US
A Cairo court confirmed a death sentence against an Egyptian tycoon and an ex-cop
The deputies of Majilis of Parliament of Kazakhstan at the plenary session agreed with the amendments introduced by the Senate on the bill on amendments and additions to some Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Capital Punishment.
a Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry statement said that authorities beheaded Ahmed bin
Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of
Togo's parliament voted unanimously to abolish the death penalty.
Iran's parliament plans to scrap stoning and amputation of a hand as punishments in a revised version of the
the Lusaka High Court in Zambia sentenced three brothers to death for killing their father using sticks and other objects.
two Saudi Arabian men have been recently executed for rape, murder.
Vietnam voted in favor of dropping the death penalty on eight crimes. The amendments to the Criminal Code, passed at the closing day of the National Assembly's month-long session, will take place from January 1, 2010.