In a move that has alarmed human rights activists in Pakistan, the Shehbaz Sharif government has approved a bill that will strengthen the country's contentious anti-blasphemy laws.
A death-row convict was hanged at the Kashimpur Central High Security Jail in Gazipur on 22 January 2023 night.
The Government of South Sudan has said it will not abolish the death penalty and insists it is a deterrent to prevent serious crimes, Africa-Press reported on 22 January 2023.
The International Crimes Tribunal has sentenced six people to death in Mymensingh's Trishal upazila for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
Governor Katie Hobbs said "it's time" for a review after history of botched executions
A Khyber court on 19 January 2023 convicted a resident of killing his sister and another person in the name of family honour and sentenced him to death.
