KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A prominent opposition figure jailed in Uganda for allegedly threatening state security is unwell and ...

The execution of a rapist and murderer sparked debate, though public support for capital punishment remains high among ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Amnesty International on Monday called on Iran to “immediately” release Kurdish humanitarian aid ...

Twenty civil society organisations, led by global rights group Amnesty International and a coalition of anti-death penalty ...

Over the past two years, in the aftermath of the Woman Life Freedom uprising, the Iranian authorities have intensified their use of the death penalty to instil fear among the population and tighten ...

Director of Amnesty International Taiwan E-Ling Chiu stated: “The execution of Huang Linkai (黃麟凱) was carried out in violation of constitutional and international safeguards on the use of the death ...

By Ritika Jain On the morning of January 20, anticipation filled the courtroom in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram district as the ...

Amnesty International opposes the death penalty in all cases without exception. The death penalty is a violation of the right to life as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the ...

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 ...

Her focus is reporting breaking wire stories across international politics and social ... a crime that carries the death penalty. The move escalates the legal challenges Besigye faces after ...

Former senior special adviser to ex-President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla, has strongly advocated for ...

Additional sessions judge Mohammad Tariq Ayub on Friday convicted Wajid Ali, Ahfaq Ali Saqib, Rana Usman and Suleman Sajid for insulting the Prophet ...