The Judiciary Committee voted 8-0 to abolish death penalty.
A Myanmar court has sentenced 15 men to death for stabbing and killing a man outside a busy restaurant in
Three Free Syrian Army (FSA) members were sentenced to death in Egypt for murdering a pro-President Bashar al-Assad Syrian refugee in Cairo, Youm7 reported.
the National Assembly of Côte d'Ivoire voted to definitely abolish the death penalty in the country.
Members of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group publicly beheaded four young people on charges of
The Court of Appeal in Putrajaya upheld the conviction and death sentence of a Swedish national for trafficking in 4.3 kilogrammes of methamphetamine.
Four people have been sentenced to death in Tanzania after being found guilty of murdering an albino woman.
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal reportedly paid 5 million riyals (1.33 million USD) in “blood money” to save the life of a man on death row for murder.
At least a dozen prisoners were hanged in Ghessel Hessar prison in Karaj, reported the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).
two men were executed in Saudi Arabia for murder, official sources reported.
Egypt carried out its first execution over a murder committed during riots in 2013 amid the overthrowing of
the federal government has formally lifted the moratorium on death penalty of all the condemned prisoners.
