a gay man who faces the death penalty in Iran won asylum in the UK after protests prompted
the Osaka High Court in Japan upheld the death sentence given to a 23 year old unemployed man
Iran hanged an Afghan national convicted of murdering a woman in a prison in the central city
in the Philippines, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez rejected proposals to revive the death penalty
the Archbishop of Kirkuk, Louis Sako, said that the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq
the Chinese government said it will impose the death penalty on anyone who is found responsible
an Afghan journalist sentenced to death on blasphemy charges pleaded not guilty during his appeal hearing that started in the capital Kabul.
in Taiwan, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and the Judicial Yuan failed to reach a consensus
Saudi authorities beheaded a Bangladeshi man convicted of killing a Saudi citizen over a money
a leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq was sentenced to death for the killing of
Balochistan Human Rights Watch reported that Gholam Haidar Baloch, a Pakistan
we have to say ‘enough’ to the politics of threats and blackmail that the Libyan authorities have used for a long time," Sergio D'Elia, Secretary of Hands Off Cain said.
To Mr Volker Turk - the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and to Ms. Mai Sato - the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran