China amended the country's criminal law, tightening corruption sentencing, reclassifying sex with underage prostitutes as rape and eliminating the death penalty for nine crimes, state media reported.
Saudi authorities put to death a convicted murderer, bringing to 130 the number of executions in the kingdom so far this year
Iran hanged five prisoners collectively in the Central Prison of Karaj, north-west of Tehran.
at least seven prisoners were sent to gallows in Pakistan between September 2 and 3.
six prisoners were executed in Iran between August 29 and September 1st.
The state of North Carolina sought to make amends, awarding each man $750,000 for the time they spent
two Pakistani citizens were beheaded in the last days in Saudi Arabia for drug trafficking, bringing to 129
Roderick Nunley, 50, Black, was executed for the for the March 22, 1989 kidnapping, rape and stabbing
The Law Commission is set to recommend abolition of death penalty in India except for terror convicts,
the European Union called on the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to re-instate a moratorium on
At least 9 prisoners were hanged in Pakistan in the last three weeks.
Chad has executed 10 members of Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram by firing squad, a day after they were sentenced on terrorism charges, security sources said.
