Two ethnic Kurdish women, Pakhshan Azizi and Warisha Moradi, face possible imminent execution in Iran, Human Rights Watch ...

President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping execution order on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take ...

Taiwan has carried out its first execution in nearly five years, drawing criticism from rights groups who said the use of capital punishment was a "huge setback" for the island's human rights.

The execution of an inmate on Thursday by Taiwan, marking the first death penalty carried out by the island’s authorities in five years, has sparked condemnation from rights groups.

By bno - Taipei Bureau Taiwan has faced renewed international scrutiny following its first execution in nearly five years, as ...

The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, signed into law the Death Penalty Abolition Act (2024) effectively removing ...

Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who took office in May 2024, has maintained the city-state’s harsh death penalty ...

On November 16, Besigye disappeared in Nairobi, Kenya, while attending a book launch of lawyer and local opposition ...

A prominent opposition figure in Uganda will stand trial on the serious charge of treachery, a military court ruled Tuesday, escalating the legal trouble Kizza Besigye faces ahead of presidential elec ...

A prominent opposition figure in Uganda will stand trial on the serious charge of treachery, a military court ruled Tuesday, ...

Human rights groups have said they were convicted ... "Dad, they gave us the verdict. Mine is the death penalty. Don't tell Mum anything," his father recalled, reiterating his son's innocence.

"It is deeply disturbing that yet again we see an increase in the number of people subjected to the death penalty in Iran year-on-year," United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker ...