"Today is an important occasion to remember the struggle at the United Nations for the adoption of the resolution for the Moratorium on capital punishment. We also renew the commitment by institutions and civil society to not lower our guard," Giorgio Napolitano, the President of the Italian Republic, said at Montecitorio for the European Day Against the Death Penalty, promoted by 'Hands Off Cain'.

Ali Bin Abdullah Bin Musfir Al-Salouli Al-Bishi, a Saudi Arabian national, was beheaded in Bisha

the Malaysian High Court sentenced two men to death by hanging after they were found guilty of trafficking

the state run news agency ISCA news reported that the Iranian regime has hanged a man identified only by his first name as Nosrat A., 43, in the western city of Hamadan

Authorities in Nigeria dropped charges of illegal marrying 86 wives slapped on an 84-year-old Islamic cleric

the Independent learned that secret executions are being carried out in Iraq in the prisons run by Nouri al-Maliki's government.

Australia will not help people facing the death penalty other than its own citizens, Attorney-General Robert McClelland said.

A convicted drug trafficker was hanged in prison in the northern Iranian city of Hamedan, Etemad

a survey by a Japanese citizens' group opposed to capital punishment found that at least 42 of some 100

A divided Supreme Court refused to reconsider its ruling barring the death penalty for the

in South Korea a provincial court has challenged the constitutionality of the current law

a court in southern Vietnam sentenced a Chinese woman to death for circulating large amounts of counterfeit Vietnamese currency, the presiding judge said.