Baghdad’s decision to re-establish the death penalty ahead of Saddam Hussein’s trial evoked a mixed reaction in Europe, recalling the split across the continent over the war in Iraq.

In 2022, four countries including Kazakhstan, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic abolished the death penalty for all crimes, bringing the total number of abolitionist ...

The European Union and the Council of Europe, on Wednesday, issued a joint call for the global abolition of the death penalty, condemning the practice as inhumane and a violation of human dignity.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a law on Thursday allowing for the use of the death penalty against officials and army servicemen convicted of high treason, his office said.

Belarus is the only country in Europe and the former Soviet Union still applying the death penalty. Gennadii Yakovitskii was executed in Belarus in 2016. His family have been tormented with questions ...