capital punishment

Egyptian prison authorities executed on Wednesday Ibrahim Mahmoud, 35, who was convicted in 2017 of raping a 20-month-old baby. Mansoura…

The Vatican has announced that it will pursue the worldwide abolition of the death penalty. Pope Francis has argued that…

Amnesty International’s latest annual report has found fewer executions were carried out around the world in 2017 than the year…

Cairo Criminal Court on Monday sentenced a man to death over killing a Coptic priest in the al-Marg area on…

Giza Criminal Court issued preliminary death sentences against 10 defendants accused of terrorism on Wednesday, in the case known as…

Four members of the Muslim Brotherhood were executed at Alexandria’s Burj al-Arab prison on Tuesday morning, for bombing the gate of Kafr El-Sheikh…

The case presented by the Iranian judiciary was simple: In the southern province of Fars, Fatemeh Salbehi suffocated her husband…

The United Nations reiterated its deep concern about the death sentences issued against the toppled President Mohamed Morsi and more…

Saudi Arabia on Monday beheaded a Syrian drug trafficker and a national convicted of murder, taking to 100 the number…

The United Nations has linked the rise in the implementation of capital punishment to a surge in terrorism, noting that…