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Singapore – Family members of prisoners on Singapore’s death row are calling on the government to bring an immediate moratorium

Singapore’s death row ‘main element of its drug policy’ | Death Penalty News

Singapore’s use of the death penalty was once again thrust into the global spotlight last month when Tangaraju Suppiah became

UN human rights chief says Iran has executed more than 10 people each week so far this year. Tehran, Iran

The United States Supreme Court has blocked Oklahoma from executing death-row inmate Richard Glossip for his role in a 1997

Jamshid Sharmahd was sentenced to death in February after being accused of leading a group that carried out attacks in

Family of Tangaraju Suppiah had pleaded for clemency, saying he had not had adequate legal counsel or an interpreter. Singapore

Singapore is set to resume executions for the first time in six months on Wednesday, with a 46-year-old man facing

The surge in executions for drug-related offences came despite a global shift towards abolition. Executions for drug-related offences surged in

The Tokyo High Court has said 87-year-old Iwao Hakamada, who spent more than 45 years on death row after a

Iran says Jamshid Sharmahd masterminded a bombing that killed 14 people, something his family denies. Tehran, Iran – Iranian-German citizen