2019-04-04 08:31
Source: Arab News (30 March 2019)http://www.arabnews.com/node/1474736/worldKUALA LUMPUR: Families and friends of death row inmates petitioned the Malaysian government to repeal its mandatory… Read More
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This blog provides information about the death penalty in Asia, supporting the campaign to end executions in the region.
2019-04-04 08:27
Source: Asia Times (28 March 2019)https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/03/opinion/death-penalty-never-a-solution-to-crime-advocates/On March 11, at the beginning of the Lent season in the Philippi… Read More
2019-04-04 08:20
Source: New York Times (3 April 2019)https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/world/asia/brunei-stoning-gay-sex.htmlA harsh new criminal law in Brunei — which includes death by stoning for s… Read More
2019-03-22 10:44
Source: Anadolu Agency (14 March 2019)https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/malaysia-to-abolish-death-penalty-for-11-offenses/1418223Malaysian government has decided to abolish death penalty… Read More
2019-03-14 03:12
Source: Channel News Asia (13 March 2019)https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/malaysia-death-penalty-not-completely-abolished-11340612KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has rowed back on an earlier… Read More
2019-02-26 14:56
Source: Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network / Japan Times (16 February 2019)https://adpan.org/2019/02/16/japan-worlds-longest-serving-death-row-inmate-iwao-hakamada/The story of Iwao Hakamada, a… Read More
2019-02-13 06:46
Source: Channel News Asia (5 February 2019)https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/sri-lanka-ready-for-landmark-hanging-of-drug-convicts-minister-11204456COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is ready to exe… Read More
2019-02-04 05:30
Source: Anadolu Agency (25 January 2019)https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/india-2018-saw-highest-death-penalties-since-2000/1374594In nearly two decades, Indian courts awarded highest nu… Read More
2018-12-28 18:42
Source: Amnesty International (17 December 2018)https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/12/global-abolition-closer-than-ever-as-record-number-of-countries-vote-to-end-executions/After a… Read More
2018-12-28 18:36
Source: CNN (27 December 2018)https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/27/asia/japan-capital-punishment-intl/index.htmlTwo death-row inmates were hanged in Japan on Thursday, taking the number of executi… Read More
2018-11-26 04:26
Source: wtop (10 October 2018)https://wtop.com/asia/2018/10/bangladesh-cabinet-approves-death-sentence-for-drug-crimes/DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s Cabinet has approved… Read More
2018-11-26 04:22
Source: Al Jazeera (16 November 2018)https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/malaysia-turn-death-penalty-abolition-181115061626577.htmlKuala Lumpur, Malaysia - As a lawyer, Liew Vui Keong hel… Read More
2018-11-26 04:18
Source: The Straits Times (13 November 2018)https://www.straitstimes.com/world/malaysias-cabinet-decides-to-end-death-penalty-for-33-offencesKUALA LUMPUR (BERNAMA) - Malaysia's Cabinet has r… Read More
2018-11-05 09:16
Source: Rappler (31 October 2018)https://www.rappler.com/world/regions/asia-pacific/215651-singapore-survey-death-penaltySINGAPORE – Singapore will gauge public attitudes towards the d… Read More
2018-11-01 02:10
Source: BBC News (31 October 2018)https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-46040515A Pakistani court has overturned the death sentence of a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy, a case that has… Read More
2018-10-25 04:27
Source: Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (10 October 2018)https://adpan.org/2018/10/10/adpan-on-the-world-day-against-the-death-penalty-october-10-2018/Press StatementOn the World Day Against… Read More
2018-10-25 04:14
Source: The Star Online (17 October 2018)https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/10/17/30-years-jail-to-replace-death-penalty-liew-inmates-must-serve-out-term-in-full-with-no-retrospecti… Read More
2018-10-25 04:08
Source: The Diplomat (18 October 2018)https://thediplomat.com/2018/10/will-a-new-malaysia-get-rid-of-the-old-death-penalty/In a sign of potential reform, the Malaysian government of Prime Mi… Read More
2018-09-03 16:07
Source: South China Morning Post (1 September 2018)https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/2162318/taiwan-carries-out-first-execution-two-yearsTaiwan executed a death-row inmate on Friday, th… Read More
2018-09-03 15:23
Source: Southeast Asia Globe (30 August 2018)http://sea-globe.com/whatever-happened-to-thailands-abolition-of-the-death-penalty/Two months ago, 26-year-old Teerasak Longji was stretched out… Read More
2018-08-18 05:04
Source: MADPET (5 August 2018)https://madpet06.blogspot.com/2018/08/malaysia-ph-led-new-government-should.htmlMADPET(Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture) is disappointed that there… Read More
2018-07-20 05:15
Source: Channel News Asia (16 July 2018)https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/eu-warns-sri-lanka-over-death-penalty-10535592COLOMBO: EU ambassadors warned Sri Lanka on Monday against end… Read More
2018-07-20 05:12
Source: VOA News (16 July 2018)https://www.voanews.com/a/drug-abuse-in-asia/4484308.htmlHO CHI MINH CITY — Southeast Asian authorities are not shy about doling out the death penalty to… Read More
2018-07-14 12:30
Source: Channel News Asia (13 July 2018)https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/noose-work-if-you-can-get-it--sri-lanka-to-hire-two-hangmen-10528904COLOMBO: Sri Lanka said on Friday it pla… Read More
2018-06-24 11:00
Source: Khao Sod English (19 June 2018)http://www.khaosodenglish.com/featured/2018/06/19/officials-silent-on-thailands-1st-execution-in-9-years/BANGKOK — Death penalty opponents were c… Read More
2018-06-24 10:14
Source: Bangkok Post (18 June 2018)https://m.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1487782/man-executed-by-lethal-injectionA man has been executed, a first in eight years, according to the Correction… Read More
2018-05-10 12:01
Source: The Kathmandu Post (4 May 2018)http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2018-05-04/down-with-the-death-penalty.htmlOn April 21, 2018, India’s cabinet passed the Criminal Law (Am… Read More
2018-05-10 05:35
Source: Aliran (3 May 2018)https://aliran.com/civil-society-voices/drug-trafficking-death-penalty-no-longer-mandatory-but-give-judges-full-discretionary-powers/Malaysians Against Death Penal… Read More
2018-04-30 01:25
Source: The Korea Herald (27 April 2018)http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20180427000573South Korea has an unprecedented record when it comes to the death penalty, allowing a political… Read More
2018-04-28 02:35
Source: Asia Times (23 April 2018)http://www.atimes.com/article/islamic-brunei-want/When Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah first indicated in 2014 his oil-rich sultanate planned to implement sh… Read More
2018-04-28 02:29
Source: Human Rights Watch (24 April 2018)https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/24/india-reject-ordinance-death-penalty-rape(New York) – The Indian parliament should not adopt into law an o… Read More
2018-04-17 06:05
Source: The Phuket News (16 April 2018)https://www.thephuketnews.com/death-penalty-soon-to-end-in-practice-66779.php#hzZlc36ulrlctUgg.97BANGKOK: Thailand will be one step closer to becoming… Read More
2018-04-17 05:56
Source: Malay Mail Onlinehttp://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/amnesty-international-malaysia-taking-baby-steps-to-abolishing-death-penaltKUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Amnesty… Read More
2018-04-17 05:37
Source: Daily Times (12 April 2018)https://dailytimes.com.pk/226884/pakistan-operating-a-blanket-policy-of-refusing-all-mercy-petitions/ISLAMABAD: Chaudhry Shafique, Commissioner from the Na… Read More
2018-04-08 09:58
Source: The Diplomat (3 April 2018)https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/capital-punishment-human-rights-and-indonesias-chance-for-the-moral-high-ground/On Sunday March 18, Saudi Arabian authoriti… Read More
2018-03-23 10:48
Source: Jakarta Globe (22 March 2018)http://jakartaglobe.id/news/death-penalty-home-can-indonesia-save-citizens-abroad/Jakarta. The government sent a protest note to Saudi Arabia on Monday (… Read More
2018-03-19 13:00
Source: The Online Citizen (16 March 2018)https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2018/03/16/un-human-rights-office-condemns-execution-for-drug-related-offences-in-singapore/BANGKOK (16 March 2018)… Read More
2018-03-01 04:03
Source: The Washington Post (27 February 2018)https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/02/27/trump-reportedly-praised-singapore-for-executing-drug-dealers-heres-how-theyre-kill… Read More
2018-02-26 06:43
Source: Straits Times (24 February 2018)http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippine-catholics-protest-drug-killings-death-penaltyMANILA (REUTERS) - Around a thousand Catholics in the… Read More
2018-02-15 07:18
Source: Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (13 February 2018)https://adpan.org/2018/02/13/malaysia-delay-in-coming-into-force-law-that-abolishes-death-penalty-for-drug-trafficking-results-in-10… Read More
2018-01-24 11:32
Source: Tuoi Tre News (25 October 2017)https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/society/20171025/vietnam-to-scrap-death-penalty-for-5-felonies-under-amended-penal-code/42245.htmlThe amended 2015 Penal Co… Read More
2018-01-24 11:24
Source: The Manila Times (20/21 January 2018)http://www.manilatimes.net/reinstating-death-penalty-violation-international-law/375392/http://www.manilatimes.net/reinstating-death-penalty-viol… Read More
2018-01-11 12:37
Source: BBC News (10 January 2018)http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42634252Thousands of Iranians who have been sentenced to death for drug crimes could be spared following a softeni… Read More
2017-12-23 15:40
Source: The Jakarta Post (22 December 2017)http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/12/22/solutions-sought-abolish-death-penalty.htmlCivil society in Southeast Asia must work on more engageme… Read More
2017-12-19 12:08
Source: The Independent (18 December 2017)http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-public-execution-sports-stadium-10-people-thousands-sentence-dead-a8116906.htmlThousands of peopl… Read More
2017-12-01 07:08
Source: Bangkok Post (1 December 2017)KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's lower house of Parliament on Thursday passed an amendment to end the country's mandatory death sentencing of drug traffickers.B… Read More
2017-11-01 05:00
Source: The Guardian (31 October 2017)https://guardian.ng/features/ledap-creates-database-of-nigerians-on-death-row-in-asia/Legal Defense Assistance Project (LEDAP) said it is creating a dat… Read More
2017-10-29 14:16
Source: Straits Times (18 October 2017)http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-moves-toward-abolishing-death-penaltyBANGKOK (THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - As many as 447 convicts… Read More
2017-10-29 14:09
Source: Straits Times (26 October 2017)http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-convict-walks-free-after-decade-on-death-rowTAIPEI (AFP) - A Taiwanese man who spent more than a deca… Read More
2017-10-14 01:59
Source: Human Rights Watch (11 October 2017)https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/10/11/indonesias-contradictory-death-penalty-rhetoricIndonesia’s government on Tuesday marked World Day Agains… Read More
2017-10-14 01:55
Source: Khaosod English (12 October 2017)http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2017/10/12/8-years-last-execution-abolition-still-not-guaranteed/BANGKOK — Those campaigning for the abo… Read More
2017-10-12 13:16
Source: The Star Online (11 October 2017)http://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2017/10/11/singapores-death-penalty-reform-flawed-amnesty/Singapore (AFP) - Singapore's reforms to its use of… Read More
2017-10-11 04:28
Source: Channel News Asia (11 October 2017)http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/death-penalty-has-no-place-in-21st-century-un-chief-9298458?view=DEFAULTUNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-Gene… Read More
2017-10-09 00:16
Source: The Independent (7 October 2017)http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-foreign-fighters-iraq-prosecuted-death-penalty-families-mosul-a7987831.htmlClick headlines to… Read More
2017-10-03 10:46
Source: The Straits Times (3 October 2017)http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/is-there-more-to-the-death-sentence-for-graft-in-vietnam-the-nationBANGKOK (THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) … Read More
2017-08-21 10:13
Source: Talking Drugs (10 August 2017)http://www.talkingdrugs.org/malaysias-planned-drug-reform-highlights-divide-in-se-asias-drug-war-approachMalaysia is set to repeal legislation that impo… Read More
2017-08-18 01:20
Source: Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (18 August 2017)https://adpan.org/2017/08/17/asia-pacific-countries-death-penalty-status-population-etc/ASIA-PACIFIC COUNTRIES – Death Penalty A… Read More
2017-07-28 14:11
Source: Reuters (28 July 2017)https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-execution-idUSKBN1AD10OJAKARTA (Reuters) - The office of Indonesia's ombudsman has unearthed evidence of rights vio… Read More
2017-07-28 14:07
Source: News.com.auhttp://www.news.com.au/world/asia/japan-executions-inside-the-secretive-efficient-death-chambers/news-story/e650b790265fcf2dafc2f8ba9fa1e52fTHERE are polished floors, clea… Read More
2017-07-28 14:01
Source: Radio Free Europe (23 July 2017)https://www.rferl.org/a/iranian-lawmakers-push-abolish-death-penalty-drug-related-offenses/28633643.htmlIranian lawmakers have proposed changes to the… Read More
2017-07-28 13:58
Source: Amnesty International (20 July 2017)https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/07/maldives-halt-first-execution-in-more-than-60-years/The Maldives must immediately halt its first ex… Read More
2017-07-14 14:47
Source: VN Express (13 July 2017)http://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/new-law-to-enable-vietnam-s-corrupt-officials-to-escape-death-penalty-by-paying-back-stolen-money-3612878.htmlAmendments to… Read More
2017-07-04 16:50
Source: Malay Mail Online (4 July 2017)http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/family-claims-brothers-hanging-botched-signs-of-strangulationPETALING JAYA, July 4 — The famil… Read More
2017-07-04 16:47
Source: ADPAN (4 July 2017)https://adpan.org/2017/07/04/mongolia-abolishes-the-death-penalty-for-all-crimes/ADPAN welcomes the new Criminal Code, which abolishes the death penalty for all cr… Read More
2017-06-13 14:27
Source: New York Times (12 June 2017)https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/12/world/asia/pakistan-blasphemy-sentence.html?_r=0ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — An antiterrorism court in Pakistan has sen… Read More
2017-06-05 22:15
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald (28 May 2017)http://www.smh.com.au/national/more-than-500-australians-in-jail-or-facing-charges-overseas-for-drugrelated-crimes-20170527-gwejqw.htmlNearly o… Read More
2017-05-09 17:24
Source: Channel News Asia (8 May 2017)http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/parliament/singapore-to-enforce-death-penalty-for-nuclear-terrorism-acts-8827782SINGAPORE: A person who commits a fa… Read More
2017-04-20 13:45
Source: The Diplomat (20 April 2017)http://thediplomat.com/2017/04/beware-vietnams-death-machine/One Thursday in July 2013, Barack Obama and his Vietnamese counterpart, Truong Tan Sang, sat… Read More
2017-04-11 04:28
Source: Asia Times (11 April 2017)http://www.atimes.com/article/amnesty-flags-chinas-non-transparency-capital-offences/Lack of transparency in relation to enforcement of terrorism and drug l… Read More
2017-04-11 04:23
Source: The Australian (11 April 2017)http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/alarming-executions-in-vietnam-amnesty/news-story/12cd7b02b61d356865c56651e4b90ad4Secrecy around execut… Read More
2017-03-29 18:26
Source: Human Rights Watch (29 March 2017)https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/03/29/indonesian-death-penalty-moratorium-needs-presidential-pushIndonesia’s President Joko “Jokowi”… Read More
2017-03-21 14:00
Source: Channel News Asia (19 March 2017)http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/erdogan-sees-turkey-parliament-restoring-capital-punishment/3606628.htmlISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep T… Read More
2017-03-14 11:45
Source: The Japan Times (12 March 2017)http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/03/12/asia-pacific/crime-legal-asia-pacific/china-says-uses-death-penalty-sparingly/#.WMfSXPnyvIUBEIJING –… Read More
2017-03-11 05:30
Source: The Straits Times (8 March 2017)http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippine-house-approves-reinstating-death-penaltyThe Philippine House of Representatives approved on third… Read More
2017-02-24 19:10
Source: DTI News (9 February 2017)http://www.dtinews.vn/en/news/017/49419/vietnam-to-build-five-more-lethal-injection-venues.htmlFive more venues to facilitate lethal injections will be buil… Read More
2017-02-16 21:16
Source: The Manila Times (16 February 2017)http://www.manilatimes.net/reviving-death-penalty-ph-setback-asean/312522/THE revival of capital punishment will be an embarrassment for the Philip… Read More
2017-02-07 22:40
Source: Jakarta Post (1 February 2017)http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/02/01/indonesia-reaffirms-use-of-death-penalty-despite-criticism.htmlAttorney General M. Prasetyo said on Wednes… Read More
2017-02-03 21:14
Source: The Wire (13 January 2017)https://thewire.in/99465/pakistan-senate-committee-human-rights-debate-misuse-blasphemy-laws/Islamabad: A Pakistani senate committee is set to debate how to… Read More
2017-02-03 21:12
Source: Human Rights Watch (26 January 2017)https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/01/26/kuwait-first-executions-4-years(Beirut) – Kuwait carried out seven executions by hanging on January 25… Read More
2017-02-03 21:07
Source: Japan Times (9 January 2017)http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/01/09/asia-pacific/politics-diplomacy-asia-pacific/thailand-considers-death-penalty-officials-convicted-graft/#.WJTv… Read More
2017-01-30 17:21
Source: CNN Philippines (17 January 2017)http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2017/01/17/death-penalty-bill-revival-house-of-representatives-speaker-alvarez-lagman-baguilat.htmlMetro Manila (CNN P… Read More
2017-01-17 16:19
Source: BBC News (15 November 2016)http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37985339The execution of a Chinese villager - despite widespread calls to commute his sentence - has drawn critici… Read More
2017-01-17 16:08
Source: Anti Death Penalty Asia Network (19 December 2016)https://adpan.org/2017/01/10/unga-2016-resolution-how-countries-voted/UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY(UNGA) MORATORIUM ON THE USE OF… Read More
2016-12-21 07:28
Source: South China Morning Post (20 December 2016)http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2056015/dutertes-critics-slam-barbaric-death-penalty-plan-executePhilippine Catholic l… Read More
2016-12-12 19:09
Source: Straits Times (2 December 2016)http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-court-finds-man-executed-21-years-ago-innocentBEIJING (AFP) - China's top court on Friday (Dec 2) clea… Read More
2016-12-12 19:07
Source: Human Rights Watch (3 December 2016)https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/12/03/philippines-dont-reinstate-death-penalty(New York) – The Philippine House of Representatives should reje… Read More
2016-11-23 06:42
Source: Straits Times (23 November 2016)http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/asia-briefs-malaysias-hudud-bill-off-the-table-for-nowKUALA LUMPUR Proposed amendments to the Syariah Courts (Crimina… Read More
2016-11-22 05:57
Source: New York Times (20 November 2016)http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/world/asia/villagers-execution-in-china-ignites-uproar-over-inequality-of-justice.html?_r=0BEIJING — Zhou Yun… Read More
2016-11-22 05:49
Source: Gulf News (22 November 2016)http://gulfnews.com/news/asia/india/india-opposes-un-resolution-for-moratorium-on-death-penalty-1.1932108United Nations: India has opposed a UN resolution… Read More
2016-11-12 10:05
Source: The Guardian (5 November 2016)https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/nov/05/indonesias-president-joko-widodo-hints-at-abolishing-death-penaltyIndonesia’s president Jok… Read More
2016-11-07 13:19
Source: The Nation (12 October 2016)http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30297478Human rights and legal organisations have condemned the death penalty and promised to push for refor… Read More
2016-11-07 13:19
Source: The Nation (12 October 2016)http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30297478Human rights and legal organisations have condemned the death penalty and promised to push for refor… Read More
2016-11-07 13:19
Source: The Nation (12 October 2016)http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30297478Human rights and legal organisations have condemned the death penalty and promised to push for refor… Read More
2016-11-07 13:19
Source: The Nation (12 October 2016)http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30297478Human rights and legal organisations have condemned the death penalty and promised to push for refor… Read More
2016-11-07 13:19
Source: The Nation (12 October 2016)http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30297478Human rights and legal organisations have condemned the death penalty and promised to push for refor… Read More
2016-11-07 13:19
Source: The Nation (12 October 2016)http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30297478Human rights and legal organisations have condemned the death penalty and promised to push for refor… Read More
2016-11-07 13:19
Source: The Nation (12 October 2016)http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30297478Human rights and legal organisations have condemned the death penalty and promised to push for refor… Read More
2016-11-07 13:19
Source: The Nation (12 October 2016)http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30297478Human rights and legal organisations have condemned the death penalty and promised to push for refor… Read More
2016-11-07 13:19
Source: The Nation (12 October 2016)http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30297478Human rights and legal organisations have condemned the death penalty and promised to push for refor… Read More
2016-11-07 13:19
Source: The Nation (12 October 2016)http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30297478Human rights and legal organisations have condemned the death penalty and promised to push for refor… Read More
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