The United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities have announced that they will open an investigation into allegations of serious criminal assault committed by a member of

The Israel Defense Forces' probe has concluded that it committed no human rights violations and made only rare mistakes, some of which may have resulted in the killing

Condoleezza Rice approved the use of “water-boarding” in 2002 according to information released on Wednesday by the US Senate Select Committee on Intelli

A Yemeni woman is facing imminent execution accused of killing her husband only days after the execution of another woman for similar charges. 

Women and girls in Iraq are suffering from systematic violence and a sustained assault on their human rights.

Delara Darabi, an Iranian woman convicted of murdering a relative when she was 17, is reported to be facing execution in the next few days.

Algerians go to the polls on Thursday to vote for their next president.

Amnesty International has said that both the Israeli and Palestinian sides must fully cooperate with the UN's fact-finding mission.

More people were executed in Asia than in any other part of the world in 2008. By contrast, in Europe, only one country continues to use the death penalty: Belarus.