Extrajudicial killing — murder carried out by state actors or by non-state vigilantes with the cover of state sanction — is the ultimate abuse of power and violation of rights. Reporting on such ...

It is not as though extrajudicial shootings are unique to Yogi Adityanath’s Uttar Pradesh. Yet, the Chief Minister's ...

KABUL -- Under Shari'a law, death by stoning is prescribed in cases of adultery committed by married men and women. But Islamic scholars, ordinary Afghan citizens, and even the Taliban say that the ...

In the two months since President Rodrigo Duterte took office in the Philippines with a promise to crack down on illegal drugs, police said they have gunned down more than 700 suspected dealers and ...

Extrajudicial killings in Guatemala increased by over 50 percent during President Otto Perez’s first year in office, according to a new report, illustrating an alarming trend linked to private ...

On July 16-17, 2007, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., there will be a “National Summit on Extrajudicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances” at the Manila Hotel, Roxas Blvd. Manila. The summit is sponsored by the ...

While life is the most basic of rights, many individuals are robbed of this through the unjust practice of extrajudicial killing, which is the deliberate killing of persons without a fair and unbiased ...

Editor's Note: The photos in this story may be distressing to some viewers. Rodrigo Duterte, the new president of the Philippines, campaigned as a tough-on-crime candidate, threatening death for drug ...

2018 was marked with the record number of extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh, according to an independent human rights group on Thursday. Last year, 466 people became the victim of extrajudicial ...