The North-South Dialogues round table on the theme “Prospects and interregional cooperation for the abolition of death penalty” took place on 20 May at 17h00 at the Institute of Political Studies of ...

Texas has been the top executioner in the U.S. for decades, but the death penalty is declining due to legal and social factors.

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 ...

Education: Trump’s proposals for K-12 schools include having parents elect school principals, cutting federal funding to any ...

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 ...