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Afghan regime’s return to public stoning and flogging is because there is ‘no one to hold them accountable’ for abuses, say activistsThe Taliban’s announcement that it is resuming publicly stoning women to death has been enabled by the international co…
Read MorePunishment for heroin trafficking comes just days after city executes first woman in nearly 20 yearsSingapore has executed a 39-year-old man who was convicted of trafficking heroin in the city-state’s third hanging in just over a week, authorities say….
Read MoreSaridewi Djamani was handed a death penalty after being convicted of trafficking 30g of heroin in 2018Singapore has hanged Saridewi Djamani, the first woman to be executed in the city state in almost 20 years, amid an outcry from human rights groups.Th…
Read MoreKilling of Saridewi Djamani is one of two this week as activists say most on death row are marginalised peopleSingapore is due to execute a woman for the first time in almost 20 years on Friday, one of two killings planned for this week.Singaporean nat…
Read MoreTangaraju Suppiah was hanged despite international pleas to reconsider capital punishment for drugs offencesSingapore has hanged a prisoner for conspiracy to smuggle one kilogram of cannabis, authorities said, ignoring international protests and concer…
Read MoreTangaraju Suppiah, due to be hanged this week, forced to self-represent after unsuccessful appealA Singaporean man who is due to be hanged this week for abetting an attempt to smuggle cannabis is one of a growing number of death row prisoners who have …
Read MoreReform could mean reprieves for some of the 1,300 prisoners on death row, including 500 foreignersMalaysia’s parliament has approved a bill that would scrap mandatory death penalties for a range of serious crimes as part of wide-ranging reforms, bringi…
Read MoreIwao Hakamada, 87, was convicted of four murders in 1968 but granted ‘temporary release’ in 2014 after new evidence emergedA court in Japan has granted a retrial to a man – thought to be the world’s longest-serving death row inmate – who was sentenced …
Read MoreUK entrepreneur turns down live TV debate and says government should instead engage with local activistsThe British entrepreneur Richard Branson has rejected an invitation from Singapore’s home affairs minister to debate the death penalty, urging him t…
Read MoreIn today’s newsletter: As the junta gets ever more brutal, Gen Z protesters are forming a patchwork militia. Burmese journalist Aung Naing Soe on why the executions could signal a new phase in the struggle for democracySign up here for our daily newsle…
Read MoreThough capital punishment is in global decline, there are horrifying exceptions to the general trendNext month, Oklahoma will embark on a grim schedule: an execution nearly every month until the end of 2024. In September, it is due to execute Richard G…
Read MoreTomohiro Kato, who killed seven people in 2008, was hanged on Tuesday in Japan’s first execution this yearA man convicted of stabbing seven people to death during a frenzied attack in Tokyo 14 years ago has been executed, Japanese media said.The public…
Read MoreState department says military government in Yangon has not faced enough economic and diplomatic pressure, amid global outrage at killingsA senior US official has urged China to do more to rein in Myanmar’s military after its execution of four people, …
Read MorePhyo Zeya Thaw met then prime minister Julia Gillard when he was brought to Australia by AusAidFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastPhyo Zeya Thaw hadn’t been out …
Read MoreDemocracy figures, including former lawmaker in Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, executed after being accused of carrying out ‘terror acts’Myanmar’s junta has executed four prisoners including a former politician and a veteran activist, drawing shock and revu…
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