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.

four Emirati men facing the death penalty for raping, killing and dismembering an Ethiopian maid were bailed

Hands off Cain dedicates 8th of March to Iranian women, persecuted by a theocratic regime with the world record for number of executions, in relation to population.

A man has been sentenced to death with a reprieve in China for the sexual abuse of a two-and-a half-year-

A man who was not identified by name was blinded in the left eye in the Rajaishahr prison of Karaj as part

The Holy See called today for a global moratorium on the use of the death penalty aiming at the abolition.

the execution of a death row convict, who was scheduled to be hanged early in the morning, was stayed due

At least 17 prisoners were hanged in Iran between March 3 and 4.

The House voted 85-10 for HB 1879, the bill by Republican Rep. Mike Christian, who began studying

the National Assembly of Suriname abolished the death penalty, in the framework

Saudi Arabia beheaded two Saudi murderers, bringing to 38 the number of death sentences carried out in