The 2023 Human Rights Watch World Report, launched today (Thursday), examines the state of human rights in 102 countries and territories in 2022. Human Rights Watch (HRW) urges governments to meet their […]
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 […]
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