The General Assembly of the United Nations confirmed the demand for an end to the death penalty by the vote of a new resolution calling on states to establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the practice. This is the sixth pro-moratorium text adopted since 2007.

An NIA court sentenced to death banned terror outfit Indian Mujahideen founder Yasin Bhatkal and four

The website of the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported about the execution of one

After languishing in jail for 14 years, waiting for a death penalty, an Emirati walked free recently as the court

Saudi national Majid bin Abdulla bin Humood Al-Otaibi was executed in Riyadh for murdering a compatriot after a heated argument.

The Delaware Supreme Court has ruled that everyone on death row in the state will be re-sentenced to life without parole. The case is Powell v. State.

Kim Jong Un has reportedly issued instructions to government bodies including the Ministry of People’s Security to ban further public executions.

More than 60 years after the execution of alleged spy Ethel Rosenberg, a former governor of Massachusetts has endorsed a campaign to exonerate her.

Iranian regime executed four prisoners in Karaj Central Prison, west of Tehran, on drug related charges, reports indicate.

A businessman was sentenced to death by the High Court in Johor Baru after he was found guilty of drug distribution.

Egypt executed prominent Islamist fighter Adel Habara, state media said, days after a top court rejected his final appeal and in defiance of militant threats to ignite "a volcano of jihad" across the country.

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Romell Broom whose 2009 execution was called off after 2 hours during which he cried in pain while receiving 18 needle sticks.