Jang Song Taek, an influential advisor to the Kim family and the uncle of Kim Jong Un, has ‘likely’
The United Nations human rights office today called on authorities in South Sudan to stop the use
A man was sentenced to death in Pakistan for raping and killing an eight-year-old girl in 2006.
Mohammad Moini was hanged on charge of murder in the central prison of Zahedan, Iran
Afghanistan's government has backed away from a proposal to reintroduce public stoning as a punishment for adultery after the leak of a draft law stirred up a storm of international condemnation.
Five prisoners were hanged in two different Iranian prisons today.
In the UAE, a Criminal court in Ras Al Khaimah sentenced two Emirati men to death after they were
At least four people were executed by hanging between 12 and 18 November 2013, the South Sudan Law Society (SSLS) reported.
The 35 year-old Christian Younis Masih was released today in Pakistan, with a decision on behalf
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Ahadollah Mahmoudi
Today was held in Rome, at the headquarters of Hands Off Cain, a press conference to update the media on developments in the case of Anthony Farina.
The court of appeal of the city of Casablanca, Morocco, sentenced the murderer and rapist
To Mr Volker Turk - the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and to Ms. Mai Sato - the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran
