British foreign secretary Philip Hammond has insisted he does not expect a British grandfather to be lashed nor a protester to be executed in Saudi Arabia.

Pakistan has postponed the execution of the country’s first known paraplegic on death-row, about an hour before he was to be hanged.

David Cameron was aware RAF pilots were taking part in bombing raids over Syria despite MPs having voted against Britain carrying out strikes in the country.

A Pakistani man whose lawyers say was a child when charged with murder, and only confessed after being tortured, was handed a reprieve just hours before he was due to be executed, the fourth time his death penalty has been stayed.

There are mounting calls for Guantanamo inmate Shaker Aamer to be allowed back home to Britain as he faces his 13th anniversary in the camp.

An Irish teenager imprisoned in Egypt is among a group of prisoners who have gone on hunger strike to protest at their continued detention without charges or trial.

Europe’s top human rights court ruled Poland violated the rights of two terror suspects by allowing the CIA to secretly imprison them on Polish soil from 2002-2003 and facilitating the conditions under which they were subject to torture.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that a man on death row in America has now been granted Irish citizenship and is receiving consular assistance.

A British grandmother facing the death penalty for drug smuggling in Bali has lodged an appeal at Indonesia's Supreme Court, human rights campaigners said.

The British government has been accused of breaching the "fundamental rights" of a British grandmother sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug smuggling by refusing to pay for legal representation as she battles for her life.

An Indonesian court has sentenced a British grandmother to death for smuggling cocaine worth $2.5m (€1.9m) in her suitcase onto the resort island of Bali — even though prosecutors had only sought a 15-year sentence.

The British Government has said it strongly objects to the death penalty imposed today on a British woman who trafficked drugs into Indonesia.

A British woman, held in Pakistan on charges of drug smuggling, has been sent back to prison with her newborn daughter after giving birth in a hospital, a British legal group said yesterday.

The evidence suggests that innocent bystanders are killed and injured often in US drone attacks — not occasionally.

A BRITISH court has issued a landmark ruling that may lead to American forces releasing a Pakistani man held without charges for eight years.

Marmite’s makers have been urged to apply for a licence to sell the product in Denmark and end a temporary ban on the spread which has upset its fans living in the country.

A British security worker jailed for life for murdering two colleagues in Iraq is threatening to take his own life, his family said today.

George W Bush faced international condemnation tonight of his claim that British lives were saved as a result of torture.

A FORMER Guantanamo detainee is to press justice and foreign officials about EU countries accepting more former prisoners and the efforts being made to close the controversial detention camp.

CHINA brushed aside international appeals yesterday and executed a British drug smuggler who relatives say was mentally unstable and unwittingly lured into crime.

The execution of British citizen Akmal Shaikh by China sparked a diplomatic war of words between London and Beijing today.

A BRITON who was due to be executed in China this morning was only told of his fate yesterday, his supporters said.

EFFORTS will begin today to secure the release from an Asian prison of a pregnant woman with Irish-based family who was sentenced to life yesterday for drug smuggling.

The trial against a pregnant British woman on heroin trafficking charges opened today, in a case that has raised questions about how she managed to conceive while behind bars.

THE recent decision by an American court to clear the way for two British residents who were released from Guantanamo Bay to sue a subsidiary of Boeing over complicity in their rendition is to be welcomed.

A PREGNANT woman facing trial for alleged drug smuggling was not allowed to meet a legal representative yesterday, prompting further anguish for her Dublin-based mother who is demanding her release.

THE Irish-based mother of a pregnant woman facing a possible death sentence for drug smuggling last night begged for her release.

The Laotian government today insisted the trial of a pregnant British woman who faces possible death by firing squad for allegedly smuggling heroin into the country will be conducted fairly.

A British resident held at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years is expected to be released today, his lawyer said.

The US government was today accused of “farce” after dropping all charges against a British resident held at Guantanamo Bay.

British Foreighn Secretary David Miliband was facing fresh claims today that the US imprisoned terror suspects on British territory.

Figures from all sectors of society have paid tribute to “inspirational” Anita Roddick following her sudden death from a brain haemorrhage.

The inmate who died at Guantanamo Bay in an apparent suicide was identified today as a Saudi military veteran and self-described Islamic holy warrior who denied he ever intended to kill Americans.