Al-Shabaab militants stoned a woman to death in the southern town of Barawe after a court they had set up

the militant group Al-Shabaab executed four young men in the town of Barawe after alleging them to be

An Egyptian court confirmed death sentences for 20 Muslim Brotherhood members for burning a police

Three more prisoners were executed at the same time as Mohsen Amir Aslani who was hanged because of

Somalia’s Military Court sentenced three soldiers of the Armed Forces to death penalty after prosecuting

A Tunisian human rights group has urged the country's incoming parliament to abolish capital punishment

Mr Matteo Renzi, Head of the Italian Government, speaking before the General Assembly, recalled the

In its report, “India: Death Without the Right to Appeal”, Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) stated

A 37-year-old prisoner of conscience, Mohsen Amir Aslani, was executed in Rajaishahr prison of Karaj,

A Pakistani policeman shot two men in jail, killing one accused of blasphemy and wounding another

Islamic State (IS) militants publicly killed a leading lawyer and human rights defender in the Iraqi city of

A court in the northern Son La province sentenced to death Tran Manh Hung and Nguyen Duc Trung for