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Jordan hangs 11 men after eight-year death penalty moratorium
Jordan executed 11 men convicted of murder by hanging on Sunday, the interior ministry said, as it ended an informal eight-year moratorium on the ... Middle East -
Pakistan executes 2 militants after ending death penalty moratorium
The government ended the six-year ban on capital punishment for terror-related cases following this week's brutal terror attack Asia -
Saudi Arabia: Man handed death penalty for Awamiyah shootings
He was involved in shooting incidents targeting security personnel in a number of other locations in Al-Awamiyah Middle East -
Egypt court sentences 185 to death for attack on police
The 185 were charged with terrorism, murder, damaging public property and possession of weapons Middle East -
Death penalty sought for Nigerian child bride
Wasila Tasi’u is on trial for the murder of her 35-year-old husband Africa -
EU urges Pakistan to push for repeal of blasphemy laws
EU: blasphemy laws are increasingly used to target vulnerable minority groups in Pakistan Middle East -
U.N. slams Iran, Syria over rights record
The non-binding measures now go to the full Assembly for a vote expected next month Middle East -
Egypt sentences to death 7 suspected members of Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis
The ruling was the first death sentence handed down against members of the Sinai-based faction Middle East -
Pakistani court upholds death penalty of Christian blasphemy convict
The mother of five was found guilty of making derogatory remarks about the prophet Asia -
Executions rise worldwide in 2013
Iraq had the highest number of executions since the 2013 fall of Saddam Hussein Features -
Sudanese Christian-convert rearrested
Meriam Ibrahim was on death row after being convicted of apostasy for marrying a Christian in 2011 Africa -
Egyptian court confirms death sentence on Brotherhood leader
The leader and members of the Brotherhood were charged over violence in Egypt's Minya Middle East -
Report: Iran billionaire executed over $2.6bn fraud
The execution came after Iran's Supreme Court upheld his death sentence World News -
Sudan opposition urges protests as leader arrested
Sadiq al-Mahdi, who 'insulted state security forces,' faces charges that could lead to the death penalty Africa -
U.S. inmate dies after botched execution
Clayton Lockett, 38, was declared unconscious 10 minutes after the first of the state's new three-drug lethal injection combination was administered World News -
Iran hangs three Balouchi men over prosecutor’s murder
According to the United Nations, more than 170 people have been executed in Iran since the beginning of 2014 World News -
An Iranian ‘rape victim’ is close to breathing her last breath
Iran has executed at least 170 people since January 2014 and comes second in the world in terms of executions Middle East -
Iranian resistance group makes plea for Balouchi death row prisoners
Since President Hassan Rowhani, a relative moderate in Iran, took office last August, there has been a surge in executions World News -
Minister warns of ‘humanitarian’ situation in Iraqi prisons
Justice minister says government owes more than $34 million to contractor companies providing food for prisoners News -
Saudi court upholds death sentence for child rapist
Saudi Arabia's supreme court has upheld a death sentence handed down against a teacher convicted of kidnapping and raping eight young girls Middle East -
2000GMT: Egypt sentences 529 Brotherhood members to death
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Reports: Malaysian couple to hang for starving Indonesian maid
Malaysian judge said the Malaysian couple consistently withheld food from the maid during the three years she worked for them World News -
Egypt court sentences 26 to death for plotting Suez attack
The defendants were tried in absentia Middle East -
U.S. to seek death penalty for accused Boston Marathon bomber
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is is charged with committing one of the largest attacks on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001 World News -
Increase in Iraq executions draws international ire
A minimum of 169 people were sentenced to death in 2013. The country’s highest such figures in 2003 Analysis -
Two Jordanians sentenced to death over ‘honor killing’
Between 15 and 20 women die in so-called “honor” murders each year in the kingdom Middle East -
Turkey’s death penalty politics
If murder is wrong (and we all agree that it is) then how can state-sanctioned murder be justified by saying that this is a way of seeking justice? World -
Amnesty International urges Hamas to halt post-Eid executions
Amnesty International has recently urged Hamas to halt a public execution against two prisoners after Muslim holidays, a move described by the charity ... Middle East -
Pakistan brings back death penalty, to anger of rights groups
Pakistan’s new government, trying to appear determined to rein in escalating crime and militancy, has ended a ban on the death penalty, in a ... Asia -
Texas executes 500th inmate since death penalty reinstated
The U.S. state of Texas on Wednesday executed its 500th convict since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, a record in a country where capital ... World News