Five prisoners, charged with murder, were hanged in the Rajaishahr prison of Karaj early in the morning, according to reliable sources Iran Human Rights (IHR) has been in contact with.

Alexandria's criminal court upheld an earlier verdict sentencing Mahmoud Hassan Abdel-Naby to death for

A court in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan sentenced four policemen to death for kidnap and

14 prisoners have been executed in Iran in recent days.

A man from southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has been sentenced to death for child

A court in Gaza City sentenced a man to death by hanging after he was found guilty of premeditated

the growing secrecy adopted by death penalty states to hide the source of their lethal injection drugs used in executions was challenged in a new lawsuit in Missouri, which argues that the American people have a right to know how the ultimate punishment is being carried out in their name.

at least five prisoners have been hanged in Iran in recent days.

A Thai divorcee was sentenced to death by the Alor Setar High Court in Malaysia for trafficking 23,123

a Sudanese judge confirmed the death sentence of Mariam Yahya Ibrahim, the pregnant woman who was

With its 1st attempt stalled in the Senate, the House has voted for the 2nd time this year to repeal New Hampshire's death penalty.

The Supreme Court has commuted the death penalty of a man, convicted for raping and killing a 9-year-old