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

The number of executions has not been made public, but Amnesty International estimates more than 1,200 people were on death row in Vietnam by the end of 2023.

HANOI – Vietnam has abolished the death penalty for eight crimes including espionage, graft and attempting to overthrow the ...

Vietnam’s 15th National Assembly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to abolish the death penalty for eight categories of criminal offenses: embezzlement, bribery, counterfeiting medicines, espionage, ...

Several organizations signed a joint statement on Wednesday, calling for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) to put an end to the use of ...

A coalition of California and national civil rights leaders called on Governor Gavin Newsom to commute the death sentences of ...

Vietnam has abolished the death penalty for eight crimes including espionage, graft and attempting to overthrow the ...

A Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death for fraud totalling $27 billion will no longer face execution, her lawyer ...

Rights activists in Iran fear intensified crackdowns following Israel's military campaign targeting Iran's nuclear program.

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

The death penalty is a crime against humanity, according to a local Amnesty International chapter. The group met on Boston Common yesterday to persuade Bostonians to oppose any measures attempting to ...