The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) released its 2016 annual report today (Tuesday) and pinpointed the continued violation of indigenous people’s human rights. It also called for an urgent review of […]
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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