Approximately 50 detainees held in military custody at the US Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, are currently on hunger strike. The majority of the hunger ...
According to the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council's website, seven people under sentence of death had their sentences upheld by the Cassation Court on 8 February ...
The execution of juvenile offender Bahman Salimian, scheduled to be carried out on 5 February 2009, was halted late on 4 February by order of the Head of the Judiciary ...
Bashir Sultan Mohamed al-Ja'fari, a soldier in the Yemeni army, has had his execution postponed, but may face the death penalty in the next few days. He has exhausted ...
According to the US-based Radio Free Asia, Gao Zhisheng was taken away from his home in Shaanxi Province by more than 10 security agents on 4 February 2009. His ...
