During their Universal Periodic Review (UPR) this year, the authorities accepted only one of the 22 recommendations relating to the use of the death penalty, showcasing their lack of commitment to ...

Saudi Arabia has given the death penalty to four men accused of training in Iranian terror "camps" and planning to assassinate "prominent figures." The ruling was ...

At the time, he was considered by lawyers and activists to be the youngest known political prisoner in Saudi Arabia. Now, at the age of 18, Qureiris is facing the death penalty after being held ...

Saudi Arabia will no longer impose the death penalty on people who committed crimes while still minors, the country's Human Rights Commission says. The announcement, citing a royal decree by King ...

Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor has reportedly sought the death penalty for five activists, including the female rights defender Israa al-Ghomgham. Human Rights Watch said they recently went on ...

Taliban authorities in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday executed a convicted murderer by gunfire at a sports stadium, the ...

Saudi Arabia is seeking a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council in a vote scheduled for Oct. 9, hoping to reverse ...

Three Saudi nationals were sentenced to death on Thursday, November 7, after committing multiple acts of terror, according to ...

The United Nations and rights groups such as Amnesty International have condemned the Taliban government's use of corporal ...

SAUDI ARABIA is planning a mass execution of 52 prisoners in one day, human rights group Reprieve revealed yesterday. The legal action charity cited several Saudi media reports this week saying that ...

There are at least 43 Filipinos abroad currently facing the death penalty, according to the Department of Migrant Workers ...

Saudi Arabia and Iran, the last of which saw a near 50% year-on-year rise in the number of people put to death by the state. Although use of the death penalty is gradually declining in the US ...