The Iranian regime henchmen have hanged nine prisoners in prisons in southeastern city of

responding to a call by the European Parliament for an immediate end to the use of capital

EU High Representative Catherine Ashton condemned the six executions that took place in Taiwan

Somali Cabinet Ministers approved the Somali anti-terrorism bill in an effort to eliminate

A "highly technical issue" is currently at the heart of the appeal of a 2011 court ruling in Marin

six convicts on death row were executed in Taipei, Taichung, Tainan and Hualien, the Ministry of Justice said in a statement.

the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, condemned the 16 April

Five prisoners were hanged in three different Iranian prisons today.

The United Nations called on Iraq to suspend use of the death penalty after authorities executed

The Delta State House of Assembly voted against Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of the

In Nigeria, a 22-year-old man, Julius Aboy was sentenced to death for stealing N955,600 by a Delta

An Afghan judge in Eastern Kunar province sentenced three men to death for killing a woman