the UN Human Rights Office in Geneva voiced concern over moves to revive the death penalty in the

a death row inmate in Oklahoma died of a heart attack after spending 43 minutes writhing in agony on a stretcher because of a botched execution that one lawyer has described as "torture".

the Court of First Instance in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, presided by Judge Mahmoud Barakah, sentenced B.

Robert Hendrix, 47, White, was executed in Florida.

two prisoners were hanged in Iran early this morning.

Lower House endorsed the draft anti-terrorism law, maintaining the death penalty for certain crimes tagged

Missouri executed a convicted killer after the

State media say a court in Vietnam has sentenced an American to death for heroin trafficking.

Brunei has postponed its planned implementation of its new penal code that includes harsh Islamic

A Saudi court sentenced eight people to death and 77 others to prison on charges related to attacks against

The Iranian regime hanged five prisoners including a 68 year-old man in Gohardasht prison in city of Karaj.

Hands Off Cain and the Radical Party condemned the attack on 17 April to Iran's Evin prison by agents of the Intelligence Ministry who, along with about a hundred prison guards, have prevailed on the prisoners of section 350.