The Malaysian government has gazetted a new piece of legislation that gives sweeping powers to a security council headed by the Prime Minister, Najib Razak. Under the new Act, the security council […]
Lawyers and civil society groups in Malaysia have launched a protest campaign against a draconian new National Security Council (NSC) Bill that has been passed in the lower house of parliament and […]
The Iranian authorities are believed to have executed 694 people between January 1 and July 15 this year, Amnesty International says. Releasing the new statistics, Amnesty said there had been an unprecedented […]
Delegates at the Asian regional conference on the death penalty have issued a declaration calling on Asian countries that still implement capital punishment to work towards abolition and impose a moratorium on […]
Hundreds of anti-death penalty activists are gathered for a two-day Asian regional conference in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. The first day’s plenary session focused on capital punishment in drugs cases and […]
The execution of eight people in Indonesia in April heightened debate about the death penalty, not only in Southeast Asia. Seven of those executed were foreigners – two Australians, a Brazilian, a […]
