Amnesty International says executions in Saudi Arabia hit a record high last year, with 345 people put to death.

The move, one official said, would help the country extradite suspects from abroad. It would also spare the life of a ...

Saudi Arabia put two Ethiopians to death today, pushing this year’s number of foreigners executed past 100 – a spike in ...

China has been named the world’s lead executioner in Amnesty International’s annual report on global capital punishment, which estimated that thousands were put to death in the country in 2024 ...

Executions in Saudi Arabia surged last year to a record high, Amnesty International said Monday, as activists increasingly ...

Capital punishment is not retribution enough Some people who believe in the notion of retribution are against capital punishment because they feel the death penalty provides insufficient retribution.

A new report by Amnesty International has revealed that Saudi Arabia has executed over hundred Pakistani nationals for ...

The number of offences facing capital punishment will be almost halved from an original ... The number of executions has not been made public, but Amnesty International estimates more than 1,200 ...

Japan's worst criminals face their death inside a highly secretive execution room located inside a nondescript office block.

Zimbabwe, whose president once faced the death penalty himself, abolished capital punishment after its senate approved a bill in December last year.

At least 1,518 executions were carried out worldwide in 2024, up 32 percent from the year before, according to Amnesty International.