Iranian authorities reportedly executed more than 900 people last year, including around 40 in a single week in December, the ...

Around 40 people were killed in a single barbaric week in December, according to United Nations rights chief Volker Turk.

The United Nations rights chief reported that Iran executed over 900 people in 2024, marking an increase from the previous ...

In a move that has sparked intense debate and raised concerns about human rights, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is preparing to execute over 170 inmates convicted of armed robbery. The ...

The UN rights office said that most of last year's executions were for drug-related offenses but said 'dissidents and people ...

More than 900 people were reportedly executed in Iran last year, including around 40 in a single week in December, the United ...

More than 900 people were reportedly executed in Iran last year, including around 40 in a single week in December, the United ...

The Yemeni capital punishment handed to Indian nurse Nimisha Priya has not been ratified by President Rashad al-Alimi, the ...

If Biden’s federal death row commutations had been based on principle, they would have been made right away when Biden took ...

Iran executed at least 31 women in 2024, marking the highest number recorded in a year since 2008, according to the NGO Iran ...

70 percent of the women who were executed after being convicted of murder of a husband or partner were likely victims of ...

Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse, faces capital punishment in Yemen for a 2017 murder. Her sentence hasn't received presidential ratification amid Houthi militia control. India monitors the ...