death penalty

A US court on Wednesday charged an Egyptian-American of drowning his two autistic children four years ago, Sky News Arabia…

The US on Wednesday accused Iran of violating fundamental human rights after Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Sarif endorsed the…

Julian Assange has been subjected to drawn-out “psychological torture”, a UN rights expert said Friday, accusing the United States, Britain,…

BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi court on Tuesday sentenced two high-profile French members of the Islamic State group to death,…

PARIS (Reuters) – The French foreign ministry said on Monday it was opposed in principle to the death penalty, but…

Executions fell worldwide by nearly a third last year to their lowest levels in at least a decade, but several…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian acquitted of blasphemy, still lives the life of a prisoner in Pakistan,…

The Vatican has announced that it will pursue the worldwide abolition of the death penalty. Pope Francis has argued that…

An 83-year-old inmate has been executed in Alabama. The convicted serial mail bomber was the oldest person executed since the…

Amnesty International’s latest annual report has found fewer executions were carried out around the world in 2017 than the year…