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Amnesty International denounced Taiwan's execution of Huang Linkai on Thursday, calling the event a 'shameful setback' as it ...

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, authorities have opted to implement the death penalty as a response to the surge in ...

Tehran's First Criminal Court has sentenced the popular singer Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, known as Tataloo, to death on appeal after he was convicted of blasphemy for 'insulting Prophet Muhammad,' ...

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.

Taiwan executed a man for a 2013 murder, marking the first execution in five years. This decision has sparked criticism from ...

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

Taiwan has carried out its first execution in nearly five years, drawing criticism from rights groups who said the use of ...

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan military prosecutors on Monday added a charge of "treachery" - which carries the death penalty - ...

Taiwan has executed its first prisoner in five years, drawing criticism from rights groups and the EU Taiwan carried out its first execution in five years late on Thursday, prompting criticism from ...

Treachery carries the death penalty for those convicted ... But he’s never been convicted of a crime. Amnesty International has called for Besigye’s release, saying his “abduction clearly ...

E-Ling Chiu, Amnesty International Taiwan’s director ... years of hard-fought progress towards the abolition of the death penalty. “The execution of Huang Linkai was carried out in violation ...