Nigeria: Murder charges against 15-year-old child bride dropped

Murder charges against 15-year-old girl accused of using rat poison to kill a 35-year-old man she was forced to marry are dropped by Nigeria...
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Iran: Prisoner flogged in public

Public flogging in Karaj, Iran, May 18, 2015 A man was lashed in public on Monday in the city of Karaj for in central Iran for offences of d...
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At least Five People Executed in Iran Today, One Hanged in Public

Public hanging in Iran (file photo) 5 prisoners were hanged in 2 Iranian cities Tuesday morning May 19, reported Iranian state media. Accord...
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Saudi Arabia advertises for eight new executioners as beheading rate soars

Public beheading in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia is advertising for eight new executioners, recruiting extra staff to carry out an increasing n...
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Saudi Arabia performs 84th beheading in 2015

Public beheading in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani national sentenced to death for drug smuggling on May 17. The Saudi Inter...
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Why Saudi Arabia is poised to behead a dissident cleric and publicly display his corpse

Five Yemeni were beheaded in Jizan, Saudi Arabia, in May 2013, for killing a national and committing robberies. The headless bodies of the 5...
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Iran: 7 prisoners secretly hanged in Shiraz

"Between the 9th and the 26th of April 2015 as many as 98 prisoners are reported to have been executed at an average of six per day....
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Amnesty pleads for life of Iran prisoner of conscience facing execution for "insulting Islam"

Amnesty International has issued an urgent appeal to save the life of Iranian prisoner of conscience Mohammed Ali Taheri, who is facing exec...
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Maldives: Two 16-year-old murder convicts sentenced to death

May 11, 2015: the Juvenile Court sentenced two 16-year-old murder convicts to death. One of the minors was accused of murdering Hussein Wahe...
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Saudi beheads 80th person this year

Public beheading in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia on Tuesday [May 12, 2015] carried out its 80th beheading of the year, edging closer to the 87 ...
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Iran hardliners cling to death penalty

Public execution in Iran The jailing of a well-known campaigner against the death penalty and a sharp rise in executions has once again put ...
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Saudi national beheaded for drug trafficking

Public beheading in Saudi Arabia May 6, 2015: Saudi Arabia carried out its 79th execution in 2015 in the northwestern region of Tabuk, repor...
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Iran: Five hanged in two different prisons

Watching a public execution in Iran (file photo) Iran Human Rights, May 10, 2015: Five prisoners were hanged in two different prisons in Ira...
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Iran: 15 executions in two days

Public execution in Iran (file photo) Iran Human Rights, May 8, 2015: Three prisoners were executed in the prison of Sari (Northern Iran) o...
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ISIS stone 'gay' man to death after he survived being thrown off a roof

ISIS stone 'gay' man to death after he survived being thrown off a roof ISIS militants have released harrowing photographs of a gay ...
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Saudi beheads another Pakistani on drug trafficking charge

Public execution in Saudi Arabia (file photo) Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani convicted of drug smuggling on Friday, the 73rd execution in...
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Saudi beheaded for killing father

Public execution in Saudi Arabia (file photo) Interior Ministry says 70 executions carried out this year in the kingdom Riyadh: A Saudi nati...
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