In 2013, non-governmental organisation Penal Reform International commissioned a detailed survey of
a man was executed in the Somali town of Kismayo after he was accused of killing an elder on 24 March.
Saudi Arabia's supreme court has upheld a death sentence handed down against a teacher convicted of
An Indian judge ordered three men to hang after they were convicted of two gang-rapes.
A police captain’s death verdict in Qena was referred to the Grand Mufti of the Republic, according to
The Iraqi authorities carried out death sentences against two convicted of "terrorist” charges as their court
The Egyptian government approved a new anti-terrorism law, in the wake of a terrorist attack outside Cairo
A Pakistani Christian couple have been sentenced to death for blasphemy after allegedly sending a text
An Indonesian maid on death row in Saudi Arabia for murder has been spared execution after the Indonesian government agreed to pay the remainder of the blood money she was due to pay.
The North Korean government plans to execute 200 supporters of Jang Song Thaek and ship their families
during a two-day training workshop for Tanzania Prison Service, the Executive Director of Inmates
Tommy Lynn Sells, 49, White, a serial killer, was executed for the 1999 death of Kayleen Harris.
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
