The Alabama House of Representatives voted 103-0 in favor of a bill to posthumously
An Indonesian court upheld the death sentence against a British woman convicted of smuggling
A court in India has given the death penalty to a bus driver who killed nine people and injured
According to the fifth annual report of Iran Human Rights (IHR) on the death penalty in Iran, in 2012 the Islamic Republic carried out at least 580 executions, a number among the highest in more than 15 years.
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the anti-rape bill which details
A Court in Sri Lanka issued death sentence against suspect owned 2.4 g heroin with
The Sharia Court of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) released a Ukrainian citizen convicted
A Pakistani appeals court overturned the conviction and death sentence of Younis Masih, a Christian
The High Court of Somaliland's Armed Forces has commuted the sentences of
Dharampal, the Haryana rape convict who was released on parole and went on to murder
Lost in the cacophony of human rights activists protesting against death penalty after Parliament
President Bashar al-Assad issued legislative decree No. 20 for the year 2013 on Kidnapping
