A prisoner with an alleged murder charge was reportedly hanged at Bandar Abbas Central Prison in the
The Court of Appeal in Kuching, Malaysia, dismissed the appeal of a fishmonger who was convicted and
Brian Keith Terrell, 47, Black, was executed.
Saudi Arabia executed three men in the last two days.
Three men with alleged murder charges were reportedly hanged to death at Zahedan Central Prison and
Rangoon’s Southern District Court handed down the death penalty to a man found guilty of murdering two
The counties in the United States that have the highest per capita rate of killings by police officers also rank
An Egyptian court sentenced a leading jihadist to death by hanging after convicting him of killing a policeman.
Mongolia’s parliament became the latest to consign the death penalty to the history books, in a major victory for human rights in the country.
Egypt’s Court of Cassation withdrew the death sentences issued to Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide
A Sudanese court could sentence 27 Muslims to death for believing in a strand of Islam that’s considered
The extremist group of Islamic State (ISIS) threw two Syrian men off the top of a building in Palmyra city in
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