Capital punishment
Singapore Hangs Malaysian Drug Trafficker
Singapore on Friday executed a Malaysian drug trafficker despite a plea for clemency from the United Nations and...
Japan Executes Two Convicted Murderers
Japan executed two convicted murderers on Thursday, the justice ministry said, ignoring calls from international rights...
Singapore Urged To Halt Malaysian Drug Convict’s Execution
Human rights activists have urged Singapore to halt the looming execution of a Malaysian drug trafficker, citing a...
Iraqis Mark First Anniversary of Devastating Baghdad Blast
Iraqis still reeling from a devastating suicide bombing that killed over 320 people in central Baghdad gathered Sunday...
HRW Warns Lebanon Against Bringing Back Death Penalty
Human Rights Watch has urged Lebanon to respect its moratorium on the death penalty after calls for its reinstatement...
Alleged Witch, 67, Stoned To Death In the Upper East Region
The woman was stoned to death after she was accused of being a witch A 67-year-old woman has been stoned to death by...
Somali Man Buried Alive Neck-Deep and Stoned To Death For Adultery
Somali militants have stoned a man to death after an Islamic court convicted him of adultery. Dayow Mohamed Hassan, 44,...
Somalia’s Al-Shabab Stones Man To Death For Adultery
Somali militants have stoned a man to death after an Islamic court convicted him of adultery. Dayow Mohamed Hassan, 44,...
Somalia’s Al-Shabab Court Stones Man To Death For Adultery
A court run by militant Islamists in southern Somalia has stoned a married man to death for adultery. Dayow Mohamed...
Mali Officials Deny Couple Stoned By ‘Islamists’
A threat by radical Islamists in northeast Mali to punish an unmarried couple with death by stoning finally was not...
US Prisoner’s Eighth Date With Death
The first time he was scheduled to die, Tommy Arthur invited his family to death row to say goodbye. He did that again...
Taiwan Man Arrested Over Public Beheading of Sister
A Taiwanese man was arrested Thursday for decapitating his sister in front of horrified neighbours, a week after...
Couple Stoned To Death In North Mali By ‘Islamists’
An unmarried couple were stoned to death in public in northeast Mali by Islamists, local officials told AFP on...
Taiwan Child Killer Escapes Death Penalty
A Taiwanese man who decapitated a three-year-old girl in public on a busy Taipei street escaped the death penalty...
Judge Orders Arkansas To Conduct Autopsy On Executed Inmate
A federal judge has ordered the Arkansas authorities to conduct an autopsy on the body of an executed inmate whose...
Arkansas Carries Out Last Execution Before Drug Expires
Arkansas executed another inmate on Thursday, the last in a series of lethal injections that the state has squeezed...
Arkansas Set To Carry Out Final Execution Before Drug Expires
Arkansas was set to execute another inmate on Thursday, the last in a series of lethal injections that the state has...
US State of Arkansas Executes Two Prisoners In One Night
The southern state of Arkansas, rushing to execute several inmates before a lethal drug expires next week, put to death...
Another Death Row Inmate’s Life Spared In Arkansas
A death row inmate scheduled to be executed in an Arkansas prison on Thursday was granted a stay by the highest court...