another nine murder convicts were hanged in different cities of Punjab, raising the total number of executions to at least 171 since Pakistan reversed the self-imposed moratorium on the death penalty in December 2014 after the Taliban school massacre.

South Korean media reported that North Korea had dispatched official bulletins announcing the execution

A High Court judge in Gezawa, Kano State, ordered Wasila Tasi'u, a child forced to marry at just 13 who

according to official reports from the Department of Justice in Gilan, two prisoners were

Saudi Arabia beheaded a Syrian drug trafficker and a national convicted of murder, taking to 100 the number of executions in the kingdom this year.

An Egyptian court ordered the retrial of 16 people sentenced to death or long prison terms for their

A double murder convict was hanged in Multan’s central jail, days ahead of a one-month moratorium imposed on executions in the fasting month of Ramadan.

the execution of a 22-year-old man was halted at the very last minute in Arak, the capital of Markazi

Thirteen prisoners were hanged between 10 and 11 June 2015 in various Iranian cities, including one in public.

The European Union demanded the Pakistani government to reinstate moratorium on death penalty to fully respect all of its international obligations.

According to Dougherty County District Attorney Greg Edwards, the murder charges against Jones were dropped on Wednesday.

Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani convicted of heroin smuggling.