A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced to death 14 of its citizens for terrorism in the Shi'ite Muslim minority
death row inmate Patrick Gabaakanye was hanged at Gaborone Central Prison, according to a statement
Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena has granted a presidential pardon for 608 inmates from Prisons
A death convict Hamed Akhtar was hanged to death in Sahiwal while security was tightened in and out
Security forces from the Islamist group Hamas executed three convicted Palestinians at dawn, a move
A condemned prisoner was hanged in district jail Attock early in the morning.
Iran’s regime has publicly hanged two men in Fars Province, southern Iran, and Mazandaran Province,
the Nauruan government announced that the country’s parliament had passed a number of laws updating its criminal code to bring it more into line with modern international human rights standards.
The Connecticut Supreme Court has upheld 5-2 its 2015 decision to abolish the state’s death penalty, including for the 11 men on Connecticut’s death row.
Saudi authorities executed a Nigerian man after convicting him of murdering a police officer.
A death row inmate was executed at the District Jail Timergara early the morning, official sources said.
Iran publicly hanged a man in the southern city of Shiraz.
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
