Members of an Al Qaeda-linked Islamist group in the Syrian city of Aleppo have allegedly executed a 15-year-old boy in front of his parents as punishment for what the group regarded as blasphemy.
Of nearly 75,000 prisoners in jails in Pakistan, around 1,100 are women, according to the Human Rights
A law that allowed death-row inmates to challenge their sentences based on racial bias
Staff Sergeant Robert Bales pleaded guilty to the premeditated murder of 16 Afghan civilians
In Vietnam, the Supreme People’s Court upheld the death penalty handed down by a provincial
Five people were sentenced to death and three others handed down life term by a
3 Somalis go on trial today for the high-seas murder of 4 American citizens whose yacht
In Nigeria, an Abia State High Court has sentenced a banker, Mr. Theophilus Ajakaiye, to death by
Saudi authorities beheaded by the sword a Pakistani convicted of smuggling heroin, the interior ministry said.
The police may take a DNA sample from people arrested for serious crimes, the Supreme Court ruled today.
Six al-Qaeda members convicted of carrying out terrorist attacks have been sentenced to death
Saudi Arabia beheaded a man after a court convicted him of murder, the interior ministry said.
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
