The breakaway northern Somalia region of Somaliland executed three people including a woman and her

Florence Chibwesha, Director of the Human Rights Commission of Zambia told the Committee on Legal

The People's Court in the northern province of Lang Son issued two death sentences, two life sentences and

Six prisoners were executed by hanging for murder charges at Orumiyeh prison in Iran, local human rights

A death row prisoner was hanged in District jail Sialkot in the wee hours.

the Zambia Prisons Services submitted before the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs that the law on

Opposition politician and Harare lawyer Tendai Biti has been hired by 15 death row prison inmates to

Iran again led the globe in the number of state-sanctioned executions in 2015, killing 1,084 people, which marks the highest rate of executions in the country in 25 years, according to statistics compiled by human rights and advocacy organizations.

The Zanjan Prosecutor, Hassan Mozaffari, reported on the execution of a prisoner on a Moharebeh charge

A military court in the Gaza Strip sentenced four people to death on charges of spying for Israel.

A court in Uttar Pradesh awarded death sentence to four persons, including a woman, accused of

In an 8-1 decision in Hurst v. Florida, the U.S. Supreme Court found Florida's capital sentencing scheme in