The United Nations’ human rights chief is urging the Maldives to stick to a decades-long moratorium on

Iran's regime hanged four men in two different prisons.

A Jordanian court sentenced a man to death for killing five intelligence agents in their office in a Palestinian

Khadija Amrir, a 43-year-old woman was released from prison on the Morocco’s public holiday known as

The death penalty is necessary in respect of persons who have committed serious crimes and terrorism, the

Iran confirmed that it has executed an Iranian nuclear scientist who gave the U.S. intelligence about the country's contested nuclear program.

Amnesty International has revealed that a teenager has been executed in Iran after being convicted of the

A Saudi national was sentenced to death for attacking the general court at the Governorate of Al-Qatif four years ago.

A state High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, sentenced four armed robbers to death by firing squad.

The Islamic State militants executed and crucified a civilian man in Aleppo after accusing him of apostasy,

The Delaware Supreme Court has ruled 3-2 that the state's capital sentencing statute is unconstitutional.

At least 36 Kurdish Sunni prisoners were hanged at dawn in Rajai Shahr Prison, Karaj, the Human Rights