Tehran threatens protesters with death penalty as casualties climb - A human rights group says at least 65 people have been ...

Jury selection for Luigi Mangione’s federal trial over the fatal December 2024 shooting of UnitedHealthcare’s top executive could begin in early September with a trial to follow later in the year.

"Death sentences are the most serious sanctions that governments can inflict on human beings, so all must be carefully reviewed for accuracy and fairness before an execution is scheduled," said Robin ...

Amnesty International reported on Monday that Ugandan security forces unlawfully targeted opposition rallies with excessive force and arbitrary arrests, with some attendees subject to torture and ...

The kingdom’s 2025 toll of 356 has been reported as a record for Saudi Arabia, beating 2024’s record of 338, by multiple ...

Saudi authorities executed 356 people in 2025, according to an AFP tally, setting a new record for the number of inmates put to death in the kingdom in a single year. Analysts have largely attributed ...

Reiner has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his parents, a case that could carry the death penalty, which has not been used in California for nearly two decades ...

Dec. 15 (UPI) --The United States had the highest number of executions in about 15 years this year due to an increase in Florida despite historically low support for the form of punishment, the Death ...

The rights group said it had documented atrocities committed by Palestinian armed groups, including murder, imprisonment, torture and sexual violence. By Isabel Kershner Reporting from Jerusalem ...

Protesters call for an end to the death penalty outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Dec. 3, 2025. Credit: OSV News photo/Jason Reed, Reuters The U.S. system of capital punishment operates ...

On this Human Rights Day, we honor the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)—the foundational 1948 document affirming that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights,” ...

The report claims detainees at Alligator Alcatraz face punitive punishment and unsanitary living conditions. A spokesperson for Gov. Ron DeSantis' office called the report a "politically motivated ...