Iran executed three men who were convicted of deadly bombings in the southwest oil city of Ahvaz in 2005,
Saudi Arabia executed a Saudi man for stabbing and clubbing another Saudi to death. A statement on the
the Ministry of Justice announced it had drafted a roadmap for human rights protection (National Action
Royston Alfred, convicted of murdering his partner three years ago on D'Urban Street, was sentenced to
three Iraqi women were handed execution
the House of Representatives voted to repeal the death penalty in New Mexico on a 41-28 decision.
the Iraqi High Court sentenced Saddam Hussein's former vice president to death by hanging, despite appeals from UN officials and international human rights groups.
The Iraqi government said 14 convicted terrorists were executed for murder, kidnappings and rape in five of
an London-based appeals court has overturned death sentences for 13 prisoners convicted of killing
China executed an alleged Muslim separatist with a bullet through the heart. Ismail Semed, an Uighur from
the U.N. human rights chief filed an unprecedented legal challenge with Iraq's highest court against a possible death sentence for one of Saddam Hussein's former deputies.
a Vietnamese court sentenced three people to death and jailed 52 others for running a huge heroin
Every Tuesday hunger strike against executions