While 145 countries have abolished the death penalty, nations like Iran, Saudi Arabia, the US, and India still retain it. As ...

President Donald Trump greets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during the Saudi-US investment forum at the King Abdul ...

Although nearly three-quarters of the world's countries no longer put people to death, its use has reached record levels in ...

Healthcare professionals can use their position to advocate for abolition, writes Bharat Malkani As civil liberties are threatened around the world, there has been a concerning increase in use of the ...

The Saudi trial into the killing of critic Jamal Khashoggi has lacked transparency and fallen short on assigning accountability for the crime, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia has executed at least 151 people this year, the most since 1995 and far above the annual figure in recent years which rarely exceeded 90, Amnesty International said on Monday. No one at ...

Human Rights Watch accused U.S. comedians of helping Saudi Arabia “launder” its image by performing at Riyadh’s comedy festival amid a surge in executions.

Kyrgyzstan's populist President Sadyr Japarov has ordered the drafting of a bill to reinstate the death penalty for the most ...