Al-Shabaab militants shot dead a Kenyan and a Somali for alleged espionage in front of hundreds of people

For the 1st time in 20 years, the number of Texas executions will fall out of double digits this year.

China has sentenced the former Communist Party boss from the southwestern province of Yunnan to death

Ghana's 43 prisons are designed to accommodate 9,875 prisoners but are currently holding 13,685 prisoners.

The Iranian authorities must urgently halt their plans to execute Zeinab Sekaanvand, a 22-year-old Iranian-

A woman who was charged with selling illicit liquor that caused the death of eight people in Ruiru, five years ago has been sentenced to death.

Legislators said their hands are tied over abolition of death penalty in Zimbabwe, saying scrapping the

Two prisoners were hanged in the Parsilon Prison of Khorramabad (Lorestan Province, western Iran),

A court in the Gaza Strip sentenced a Palestinian man to death by hanging, after convicting him in the

The Criminal Court of Buram in South Darfur sentenced three men to death for armed robbery, murder, and grievous bodily harm.

An Egyptian court sentenced an Islamist to death by hanging and eight others to life in prison on charges of

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the World Day against the Death Penalty,