death row prisoners started a fast unto death campaign at the Welikada prison in Colombo

An Ohio man was executed in the morning after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal, officials said.

National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN) and organizations working in Pakistan

China executed a convicted murderer after raising his suspended death sentence

An Egyptian military court sentenced a 17-year-old and three other men to be hanged

Myanmar's new president announced an amnesty for prisoners, commuting the sentences

three men have been hanged in Iran, Iran Human Rights reported.

at the 12th retrial result announcement for the 1987 kidnap-murder case of nine-year

the 2011 State of the World's Human Rights Report, which was launched by Amnesty

11 people have been hanged recently in Iran. On May 14, one man found guilty of drug smuggling was hanged in a prison in the northern town of Tonekabon, the Kayhan newspaper reported.

federal prison authorities in Sudan executed two young women by hanging for killing

Saad bin Mussaed al-Qurayni was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for murder. He was found