A Lagos High Court in Ikeja sentenced a man, Sulaiman Olalekan, to death by hanging for the murder of his
A 19-year-old Pakistani student was handed the death penalty for stabbing to death a countryman in a row over a football match.
The People’s Court in Hanoi sentenced Tran Van Liem, former director general of Vinashin Ocean
Saying that the "law punishes people for what they do, not who they are," the U.S. Supreme Court voted 6-2 to order a new sentencing for Duane Buck, a Texas death-row prisoner.
A district court found one Nurul Islam guilty over the murder of farmer Aynal Hossain (48) in Kafatia village in Manikganj’s sadar upazila.
A lorry attendant was sentenced to death by the Muar High Court after he was found guilty of drug trafficking at Taman Puteri, Kluang last year.
Two Pakistani men face the gallows in Singapore after a court found them guilty of murdering a compatriot over a gambling dispute and dismembering the body.
An Osun State High Court sitting in Iwo sentenced two armed robbers, Sunday Ishaih and Akeem Lamidi,
According to the Baloch Activists Campaign, a prisoner was hanged on the morning at Shiraz Prison (Fars province, southern Iran).
The United Nations (UN) Human Rights chief says the trial Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former Libyan
The Egyptian Cassation Court upheld the death sentences to 10 people convicted for rioting that killed 74 fans and injured over 500 at a football match in 2012.
According to close sources, two prisoners were hanged on drug related charges at Dizsel Abad Prison. The
To Mr Volker Turk - the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and to Ms. Mai Sato - the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran
