Seven prisoners were hanged in the prison of Rasht (Northern Iran) reported the official website of the

A Dhaka court has sentenced to death eight accused including Huji chief Mufti Hannan in the sensational

Eight prisoners were executed in two Iranian prisons. Five of them were executed on charge of drug

The Court of Cassation ordered the release of a 27-year-old woman who was sentenced to death in Sudan

An Egyptian court confirmed the death sentences of 183 supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi,

Navy Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaking on the impact of the international drug

Eight people were executed between 16 and 19 June in the first executions recorded in Egypt since October 2011.

in a landmark verdict, the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS

The Supreme People's Court in the northern province of Quang Ninh refused to revoke death sentences

Giza Criminal Court handed preliminary death penalties to Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood

John Henry, 63, Black, was executed in Florida. He was convicted in the December 22, 1985 stabbing deaths of his wife, Suzanne Henry and her 5-year-old son, Eugene Christian.

Saudi Arabia has sentenced twenty-six people to death on such charges as giving speeches critical of the Al