an Indian father pardoned four Indian expatriates who were found guilty of murdering
A Mauritanian court handed down the death penalty to the main perpetrator of the murder of American
More than 8,000 prisoners sentenced to death by Pakistani courts over the past 20 years
the Maldives parliament (Majlis) resumed the debate on amending the Clemency Act
Antony Mutembei Njeru, Isaack Murimi Mwaniki and John Murithi Kivuti were
in Bangladesh, three people were sentenced to death for kidnapping and
in Pakistan, Kasur Additional District and Sessions Judge Jazila Aslam sentenced Sarja, Rehmat
a man in Japan who has spent 43 years on death row and is 75 today, should be granted
Taiwan's cabinet approved revisions of four laws to drop the death penalty for some crimes, including
Taiwan's Justice Minister pledged that he will not suspend the implementation of the
“The abolition of the death penalty in Illinois signals a change in all the United States. It shows
Ohio put to death the killer of a Toledo store owner with the country's first-ever use of pentobarbital
To Mr Volker Turk - the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and to Ms. Mai Sato - the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran