"You have been found guilty of gross misconduct and dereliction of duties

Yemen has executed at least 15 young male and female offenders, all aged under 18 when they committed the offences, in the last five years, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said, urging the government to halt such executions.

Speaking over a smuggled cellphone from his prison cell, one of seven Saudis set to be

In Zambia, a 24-year-old Kabwe woman who murdered her baby by throwing it

In Pakistan, the Supreme Court was informed that 7,046 inmates on death row are awaiting

In India, a 21-year-old man, who had raped and killed a three and a half-year-old girl on February

Six prisoners were hanged in three different Iranian cities reported the Iranian state media. Four of the prisoners were hanged in public.

Myanmar drug lord Naw Kham, who was convicted of murdering 13 Chinese sailors on the

A special tribunal in Bangladesh convicted the leader of an Islamic political party of war crimes stemming

Twelve people charged with the murder of Sheikh Ahmed Haji Abdirahman including Al

According to the official Iranian media five prisoners have been hanged in three different Iranian cities. All the prisoners are convicted of drug-related charges.

Antigua is to begin actively enforcing the death penalty after a 22-year lull.