カテゴリー: Capital punishment
Tangaraju 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…
Tangaraju 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 …
Reform 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…
Iwao 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 …
UK 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…
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Though 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…
Tomohiro 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…
State 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, …
Phyo 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 …
Democracy 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…
Four people including ex-MP Phyo Zeya Thaw and Ko Jimmy to be put to deathMyanmar’s junta has said it will execute a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party and a prominent democracy activist, both of whom were convicted of terrorism, in the coun…
Campaigners decry ‘broken system’ in Singapore that disproportionately punishes drug mules rather than those who coerce them into workA man with learning difficulties has been executed in Singapore for attempting to smuggle a small amount of heroin, de…
High-profile death row case prompts some Singaporeans to call for executions to be halted though overall support for capital punishment remains high The news was delivered in just a few cold sentences. An appeal for clemency for Nagaenthran Dharmalinga…
Outcry over drug smuggling case of Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, who has IQ of 69 and could be executed in daysA man with learning disabilities who has spent more than a decade on death row could face execution within days after Singapore’s top court dis…