The Ministry of Justice responded to EU calls to abolish capital punishment by saying that Taiwan’s justice
Instead of the death penalty, the Supreme Court in Taiwan commuted the sentence of a Filipino convicted
During a press conference in Baghdad, Justice Minister Haidar al-Zamili announced that another 12 people,
At least three prisoners with drug related charges were reportedly hanged at Bandar Abbas Central Prison
the leader of a group of Takfiri Salafists was sentenced to death for his part in the killing of a guard at a Sufi
A new state report finds that each death row inmate in Utah costs $1.66 million more in taxpayer money
An Egyptian court sentenced toppled Islamist president Mohammad Mursi to a total of 40 years in prison
A military court in Puntland state of Somalia sentenced 43 Al shabab militants to death. The militants had
the Goma military court, sitting as mobile court in Kiwanja, sentenced thirty-one people to death for several
The Supreme Court restored the death sentence of PML-N MNA Abid Raza in a murder case, saying that a convict sentenced under Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) cannot be acquitted.
The Colombo High Court Judge Manilal Waidyathilake sentenced to death Jordanian who was found guilty
China says that it has scaled down its use of capital punishment since 2012 and second trials of death
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
