Saudi Arabia beheads five people for murder, drug smuggling
Four Saudi citizens and one Syrian national have been executed, according to Saudi authorities.
View ArticleExecutions reported as rebels seize border crossings in Syria
Iraq says that all of its borders with Syria have been seized.
View Article‘Kiss my ass’: Most memorable last words
What are some of the things that have been uttered to the executioner?
View ArticleEight killed in Syrian prison mutiny
Opposition Syrian National Council claims regime forces opened fire on detainees during a peaceful sit-in protest.
View ArticleDeath penalty stats show increase in executions but drop in death sentences
The Amnesty International figures have revealed that while the number of people executed last year rose by two, there were 201 less death sentences handed down.
View ArticleJapanese man nears half century on death row
Questions emerging over guilt of world’s longest-serving condemned inmate.
View ArticleNews organisations take Missouri to court over lethal injection policy
The origin of execution drugs has been brought into sharp focus after a number of botched killings.
View ArticleChina executed 2,400 people last year … that’s a drop of 20 per cent on 2012
The total for the rest of the world combined was 778 people in 2013, according to Amnesty International.
View ArticleWhich countries execute people? And how do they do it?
There were 3,000 estimated executions last year.
View ArticleSeven foreigners condemned to death sang hymns before being executed by...
Australia has withdrawn its ambassador, as Prime Minister Tony Abbott says relations between the two nations have entered a ‘dark hour’.
View ArticleIslamic State is using a Roman amphitheatre as a stage for executions
20 men they accused of fighting for the regime were killed.
View ArticleSaudi Arabia has executed 47 men, including a prominent cleric, for terror...
All bar two of those executed were Saudi citizens. The executions have sparked international condemnation in the region.
View ArticleIsis threatens Britain in new executions video
In the footage, an English-speaking IS fighter calls British Prime Minister David Cameron an “imbecile”.
View ArticleIslamic State’s alleged latest video features an English-speaking boy...
The video purports to show the execution of five men who confess to charges of “espionage”.
View ArticleSix countries with the most executions and Ireland's diplomatic links to them
Although state killings are legal in some countries, there remains a lot of secrecy around the figures recording instances of it.
View ArticleOhio obtains hundreds of vials of lethal injection drugs so executions can...
Drugmakers have, by and large, put their drugs off-limits for executions.
View ArticleDeath row inmates file lawsuit to prevent executions of eight men in 10 days
Arkansas has scheduled the executions in order to use its supply of a lethal injection drug before it expires.
View ArticleState of Arkansas to fight for permission to go ahead with 8 executions in 11...
A federal judge issued stays for each of the inmates on Saturday.
View ArticleSupreme Court blocks last-minute attempt by Arkansas to execute murderer
Justices declined an appeal from the state’s attorney general to lift a stay barring the execution of Don Davis.
View ArticleDespite public outcry, US state carries out first in series of executions
Ledell Lee’s execution was among eight inmates originally scheduled to be put to death before a lethal injection drug expires on 30 April.
View ArticleArkansas struggling to get more lethal injection drugs
The state’s remaining supply of one of the drugs runs out tomorrow.
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