Iran’s judiciary announced the hanging of the two men on charges relating to anti-government protests that peaked in January.

The public execution of two protesters today, following the arbitrary execution of at least three other protesters last week, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad issued a decree Sunday granting amnesty and reducing sentences for all crimes ...

Among the 22 other cases before the courts, two men are still minors, Amnesty also reported. The Iranian judiciary has not yet officially pronounced a death sentence. A week ago, however, the Misan ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Global use of the death penalty is in decline, but there was a spike in ...

Amnesty International (AI) reported that Russia sentenced 33 Ukrainian soldiers in the Supreme Court of the Luhansk People’s Republic in Russian-occupied Luhansk on Monday for “alleged war crimes.” ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Rights group Amnesty International said a court in the United Arab Emirates had sentenced a dissident professor to 10 years in prison for online activism on Wednesday, calling the ...

Amnesty International on Thursday called on the authorities in Nigeria's Kano state to overturn the death sentence imposed on a singer for alleged blasphemy of Prophet Mohammed. The Barron's news ...

UPDATE: Martin Scorsese, who spoke out in support of Jafar Panahi both when he was first arrested and right after he was convicted, has added his support to the petition being circulated by Amnesty ...

Amnesty International says Iran's Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence against an Iranian-Swedish academic who has been convicted of espionage. Ahmadreza Djalali, a researcher at Stockholm’s ...