In Malaysia, a woman was sent to the gallows for drug trafficking when the court ruled that her

Three drug dealers in a gang of five were given death penalties for selling and transporting

Primary Court of Tunis has recently issued the first capital punishment sentence

In Afghanistan, the Primary Urban Court of northern Baghlan province sentenced

President Pratibha Patil accepted the clemency petition of Sushil Murmu, pending

The Dubai Criminal Court of First Instance convicted AK, a 29-year-old worker from Pakistan

Iraq executed four people, bringing the number of people put to death so far this year to at least 69, or one more than in all of 2011, a justice ministry official said.

The latest edition of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund's Death Row USA shows a decrease

The Gaza Court of Cassation rejected an appeal submitted by Mohammed Ahmed

Three brothers and a fourth man are to hang for a March 2007 car bombing in Baghdad that killed six people and wounded seven, a statement released by the Higher Judicial Council said.

In Kenya, two men were sentenced to death for robbery with violence in Mt Elgon district.

Armed militias now rule much of Libya, Amnesty International said, accusing them of torturing