Chinese Premier Li Keqiang defended his country’s continued reliance on the death penalty while visiting Ottawa, even as he and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continue to work toward a formal extradition treaty.

A trial was set to resume this week in Sudan for pastors accused of bringing Christian persecution to the

A prisoner who was executed on drug related charges has been identified. 34-year-old Kamran Maleki was

Xu Gang, former vice governor of the southeast China's Fujian province, stood trial for accepting bribes.

A court in northern Vietnam sentenced nine people to death for heroin trafficking, state media said.

The Japan Federation of Bar Associations will propose for the first time to its members next month that they work for the abolition of capital punishment so that even the worst offenders can be rehabilitated.

The Supreme Court has moved away from death penalty (capital punishment) after it commuted the death

Sierra Leone's Minister of Internal Affairs has said the government would start implementing the death penalty to crack down on recent increase in gang-related killings in the country.

A Pakistani official said the Supreme court has temporarily stayed the execution of a mentally ill man.

Jermaine Wright, who spent more than 20 years on death row, walked out of prison a free man today after

Baimba Moi Foray (alias LA Chocolate) and Foday Amara Kamara (alias G-Fag) were sentenced to death

The Jigawa State High Court in Dutse sentenced one Usman Sani of Mairobar Fulani of Jeke village in