Those convicted of terror acts that cause death will now face the mandatory death penalty.
an Algerian court in Batna province sentenced to death in absentia two former leaders of an al Qaeda-
The number of death sentences meted out last year by Chinese courts hit a record low in more than a
Two women, Amunah Abdallah (23) and Sa'diah Fadul (22) were sentenced to death by stoning by the
The government of Iraq wants to abolish the death penalty, its human rights minister said. The first step
Last night, the ALDE group (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) approved a proposal
the Tanzanian High Court sentenced four people to death by hanging for the murder of a prominent Dar es
an Iraqi court unanimously upheld the death sentence by hanging against Taha Yassin Ramadan, Saddam Hussein's former deputy.
China promised not to sentence accused smuggler Lai Changxing to death because this was essential to have him repatriated from Canada, a Supreme Court spokesman said.
The Libyan parliament has approved a resolution slamming a EU campaign for the release of five Bulgarian
two men convicted of armed drug smuggling were publicly hanged in the town...
A court in Nasiriya sentenced two Iraqis to death for murder and kidnapping.
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