The Berlin-based European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights (ESOHR) tracked the executions of 345 people in 2024, up from ...

The number of people executed in Iran rose to 901 last year, including 31 women, some of whom were convicted of murdering ...

Syria’s interim justice minister has come under scrutiny following the resurfacing of old videos reportedly showing him ...

Iran in 2024 executed at least 31 women, an NGO said on Monday, warning that female prisoners were increasingly being caught ...

Tensions resurface in the Middle East as Iran summons Saudi Arabia’s ambassador in a heated diplomatic protest. Accusations ...

Two human rights groups condemned Saudi Arabia's soaring use of the death penalty on Thursday after the kingdom carried out the highest number of executions on record last year.

Saudi Arabia executed 330 people this year, the highest number in decades, despite de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman’s 2022 ...

Saudi Arabia executed six Iranian nationals for drug smuggling, state news agency SPA reported on Wednesday, prompting Tehran to summon the Saudi ambassador according to media reports.