death penalty
Saudi Arabia executes 48 in four months
Saudi Arabia has executed 48 people in the past four months, half on non-violent drug charges, Human Rights Watch said, urging the kingdom to improve its “notoriously unfair”…
In The Papers
Saudi prince to talk trade and tourism in France: What about human rights?
IN THE PAPERS - Monday, April 9: We look at angry reactions from the opinion pages and cartoonists after the suspected gas attack in Syria over the weekend. Also, Saudi Crown…
NGO's selfie campaign for journalist jailed in Egypt
Reporters Without Borders is launching a social media campaign with the hashtag #MyPicForShawkan in support of an award-winning photojournalist who has been imprisoned in Egypt…
Trump calls for death penalty for drug dealers
US President Donald Trump on Monday made a controversial call for drug traffickers to face the death penalty, as part of his plan to combat America's opioid epidemic - a move…
Missouri governor halts execution to examine DNA evidence
Missouri Governor Eric Greitens halted the execution of a man scheduled to be put to death on Tuesday for killing a woman during a burglary after his attorneys argued that recent…
Top court upholds death sentence in Delhi gang-rape case
India's top court on Friday upheld the death sentences of four men who were convicted in the fatal gang-rape and torture of a 23-year-old medical student on a moving bus in the…
Verdict due in case of RFI reporter accused of helping Boko Haram
A verdict is due Thursday in the trial by military court of Radio France Internationale (RFI) journalist Ahmed Abba, who is accused of complicity with Boko Haram. Cameroonian…
China tops world executions list, says Amnesty
China executed more people last year than the rest of the world combined - many of them among the country’s poorest - even as global death penalty rates declined, a leading human…
Charleston church shooter sentenced to death
A US jury on Tuesday sentenced Dylann Roof, the self-described white supremacist who gunned down nine black worshippers in a South Carolina church, to death over the June 2015…
US voters back marijuana and pro-death penalty measures
US voters on Tuesday weighed in on a slew of ballot measures, including several related to marijuana, gun control and the death penalty. Here’s a look at how Americans voted on…
Turkish parliament to consider death penalty for coup plotters
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said his government would ask parliament to consider reintroducing the death penalty as a punishment for the plotters behind…
Off with their heads! 35 years since France ended the death penalty
This month marks the 35th anniversary of the end of capital punishment in France. Though France is often seen as a leader in human rights, it was actually one of the last…