the Palestinian Legislative Council is expected to pass a law that would make it illegal to make any

Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah agreed to commute the death sentence on a Filipina maid

the UN's top human rights official deplored the execution of three prisoners, including one aged over 75

Hands Off Cain will hold a conference beginning December 10, the Global Day of Human Rights, in Libreville. The conference was organised by Hands Off Cain with the Government of Gabon, with thanks to the financial support of the Dutch Government.

Japan hanged three convicted murderers in the country's first executions in more than three months, but in

“These are weeks of big diplomatic activity to convince a majority of countries to vote YES,” Emma Bonino, Minister for Community Politics, said in Madrid.

A jury in the southern US state of Tennessee acquitted a man who spent more than 15 ye

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the scheduled execution of a convicted murderer in Alabama

a gay Iranian youth was sentenced to death for the crime of "lavat" (literally, sodomy), for having sex at 1

the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) learned that

By an 8-4 vote, the New Jersey Senate Budget Committee voted to advance a bill to replace the death penalty with a sentence of life in prison without parole.

Iraq's prime minister wants the American military to hand over "Chemical Ali" and two other convicted