Iranian authorities executed four people on Wednesday who had been convicted of selling contaminated bootleg alcohol that ...

The Iranian human rights organization Hengaw has reported the execution of seven prisoners, including an Afghan citizen, in ...

Iranian authorities executed four people on Wednesday who had been convicted of selling contaminated bootleg alcohol that ...

Bushra Bibi, the wife of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, was released from prison on Thursday, a day after she was ...

Iran executed 11 people in the past two days, a human rights organization said on Thursday, which is International Day ...

Hamas has condemned Israel’s attack on Iran as an “escalation”, calling it a violation of Iran’s sovereignty and a threat to ...

The US has vowed to defend Israel after it launched a direct attack on Iran in a double wave of airstrikes across the country ...

The letter specifically mentions Mojgan Kavoosi, a rights activist for the Kurdish ethnic minority, who was subjected to this practice in a prison in the city of Karaj. A source from within Iran ...

Lisbon's outer suburbs were calmer overnight amid a heavy police presence, but planned protests on Saturday could bring more clashes after three nights of car and bus torchings over the police ...

Some governments, the U.S. included, rely on private corporations to run prison systems, partly to save money and partly because the prison population keeps growing and available space is lacking.

Though he is provided with a straw mat, Matthew says he prefers to sleep on the concrete floor of his cell in the maximum-security wing of Singapore’s Changi Prison. “It’s more cooling that ...