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The execution of two death row inmates in Japan shows a "chilling" escalation of death penalty use under the new Liberal Democratic government.
Taiwanese authorities executed six men on Friday night in an apparent about-turn from their earlier stated commitment to abolish the brutal practice.
A former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court shares his views on the death penalty in an interview with Amnesty International.
Chinese lawyer Teng Biao talks about the death penalty in the Asian giant -- the country that in 2012 executed more people than the rest of the world put together.
Indonesia carried out its first execution in four years and promises to put a further nine people to death in 2013.
The Bangladesh government must not let a proposed new legal amendment lead to a push for death sentences for those convicted in its ongoing war crimes tribunal.
A Chinese woman who beat her husband to death with a gun after suffering months of domestic violence should not be executed.
A Sri Lankan domestic worker has been beheaded in Saudi Arabia for a crime she allegedly committed while still a child.
Taiwan’s execution of six people on Friday makes a mockery of the authorities’ stated commitment to abolish the death penalty.
Taiwan must not succumb to public pressure and revert to using the death penalty, Amnesty International said as it urged an immediate moratorium on capital punishment.
The execution of Ajmal Kasab for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks undoes much of the progress India has made over the death penalty.
Pakistan’s first execution in four years is a blow to the country’s progress away from using the death penalty.
Fears of a new wave of executions in Japan increased after two death row inmates were hanged on Thursday, one the first woman to be executed in more than 15 years.
Pakistan’s flip-flop over a decision to commute Indian national Sarabjit Singh’s capital sentence to a life term is a cruel blow to him and his family.
Amnesty International releases its flagship yearly report documenting the state of the world's human rights.
Yong Vui Kong, who was 19 when he was first arrested for possessing 47g of heroin in 2007, faces imminent execution.
Japan has hanged three men in the country's first executions in almost two years, joining the minority of countries worldwide that are still executing.
After four decades awaiting execution, a recent court development offers hope of retrial for death row prisoner Masaru Okunishi.
Some 21 North Koreans in China face expulsion to North Korea after being caught illegally in the country.
The Mongolian parliament overwhelmingly approves a bill that aims to scrap the death penalty.
