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Former Mongolian president Nambar Enkhbayar went on trial for corruption charges on Monday. Enkhbayar was arrested in April and charged with corruption and abuse of power during his time as president until 2009. Enkhbayar told reporters that he believed...

Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday implored the Indian government to stop the execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana and ban all forms of capital punishment. AI claimed that if India allows the...

The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty on Sunday marked the 8th World Day against the Death Penalty , specifically urging the US, Iran and China to end the death penalty . French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner...

A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday that foreign diplomatic missions are not required to pay property taxes on real property used for housing staff and not...

Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday condemned the recent execution of 18 people in Libya . The executed were charged with pre-meditated murder and several were foreign nationals from Chad, Egypt, and Nigeria. AI...

The number of countries using the death penalty continued to drop during 2009, according to an annual report published Monday by Amnesty International (AI) . According to the report, more than 700 people...

The Constitutional Court of Korea ruled Thursday that the death penalty does not violate the South Korean constitution . The court's 5-4 decision could lead to a reinstatement of the death...

UN Under-Secretary-General Sergei Ordzhonikidze on Wednesday praised the increasing number of countries that have suspended or abolished the death penalty . Speaking at the 4th World Congress Against the Death Penalty in...

Mongolian President Elbegdorj Tsakhia announced Thursday that he would suspend the death penalty and commute the sentences of all prisoners currently on death row to 30 years in prison. In a lengthy...

Mongolia Democratic Party  presidential candidate Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj  on Monday defeated current president Nambar Enkhbayar in the country's general election. Educated in the US, Elbegborj ran on a platform of fighting corruption  and redistributing profits...