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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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
2016-10-02 14:56
Source: Gulf News (2 October 2016)http://gulfnews.com/news/asia/pakistan/pakistan-s-top-court-upholds-death-penalty-for-mentally-ill-man-1.1902861Islamabad: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on… Read More
2016-09-25 13:26
Source: Lowy Interpreter (23 September 2016)http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2016/09/23/Australia-should-take-a-stand-on-Veloso.aspxIn April last year, Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran… Read More
2016-09-22 08:29
Source: South China Morning Post (21 September 2016)http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2021350/calls-abolish-death-penalty-grow-louder-japanJapan’s use of the death penalt… Read More
2016-09-20 05:47
Source: GMA (16 September 2016)http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/581647/news/pinoyabroad/widodo-clarifies-duterte-statement-on-mary-jane-veloso-reportIndonesian President Joko Widodo has… Read More
2016-09-12 06:25
Source: The Jakarta Post (12 September 2016)http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/09/12/duterte-has-given-the-green-light-for-mary-janes-execution-jokowi.htmlPresident Joko “Jokowi&r&hell…Read More
2016-09-01 06:14
Source: The New York Times (13 August 2016)http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/world/asia/indonesia-executions-drug-smuggling.html?_r=0JAKARTA, Indonesia — Sixteen years ago, Zulfiqar Al… Read More
2016-09-01 06:08
Source: Channel News Asia (16 August 2016)http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/turkey-pm-steps-back-from/3048380.htmlANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Tuesday (Aug… Read More
2016-09-01 06:05
Source: The Jakarta Post (20 August 2016)http://www.thejakartapost.com/academia/2016/08/20/executions-ri-disregards-its-own-laws.htmlRecently, the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) held… Read More
2016-09-01 05:36
Source: The Independent (27 August 2016)http://theindependent.sg/nathan-grants-zero-presidential-pardon-during-his-2-terms/S R Nathan, the longest serving president from 1999 to 2011 did not… Read More
2016-09-01 05:11
Source: Channel News Asia (27 August 2016)http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/death-penalty-failing-to/3078872.htmlDUBAI: The death penalty has failed to reduce drug trafficking in Ira… Read More
2016-08-11 04:39
Source: Time of India (10 August 2016)http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/UN-asks-Maldives-to-retain-death-penalty-moratorium/articleshow/53630372.cmsUNITED NATIONS: Voicing… Read More
2016-08-09 04:45
Source: The Conversation (3 August 2016)http://theconversation.com/why-executions-in-indonesia-must-stop-63266Indonesia executed four prisoners on death row for drug offences early on Friday… Read More
2016-08-09 04:40
Source: Asia One (4 August 2016)http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/indonesia-will-not-abolish-death-penalty-says-ministerJAKARTA - Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister… Read More
2016-08-09 04:37
Source: ADPAN (2 August 2016)https://adpan.org/2016/08/05/adpan-urges-philippines-to-be-strong-and-reject-attempts-to-re-introduce-the-death-penalty/By Paolo Taruc, CNN PhilippinesUpdated 19… Read More
2016-08-09 04:32
Source: Anti Death Penalty Asia Network (5 August 2016)https://adpan.org/2016/08/05/adpan-urges-philippines-to-be-strong-and-reject-attempts-to-re-introduce-the-death-penalty/ADPAN (Anti Dea… Read More
2016-08-09 04:20
Source: Nine.com.au (9 August 2016)http://www.9news.com.au/world/2016/08/08/18/13/indonesian-ombudsman-to-probe-executionsIndonesia's Attorney-General is set to be investigated over the rece… Read More
2016-07-28 15:14
Source: UN News Centre (27 July 2016)http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54565#.V5ogobh97IUThe United Nations human rights chief today expressed alarm at reports that up to 14 peopl… Read More
2016-07-26 04:07
Source: The Guardian (25 July 2016)https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/25/indonesia-executions--convict-merry-utami-sent-nusa-kambanganThe next round of executions in Indonesia appear… Read More
2016-07-11 10:11
Source: ECPM (4 July 2016)Text of the Final Declaration available: http://congres.abolition.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Final-Declaration-of-the-6th-World-Congress-Against-the-Death-P… Read More
2016-07-11 10:05
Source: The New York Times (5 July 2016)http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/07/05/world/asia/ap-as-maldives-foreign-minister.html?_r=0COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Maldives' foreign minist… Read More
2016-07-11 10:02
Source: South China Morning Post (6 July 2016)http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/1985803/thai-government-rules-out-death-penalty-rapists-despiteThailand’s Justice Min… Read More
2016-07-11 09:14
Source: Malaysiakini (10 July 2016)https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/348043#ixzz4DzlNZXjSAt Malaysia's presentation of its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) report at the United Nations in Gen… Read More
2016-06-30 09:35
Source: Asia One (29 June 2016)http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/death-penalty-bills-come-alive-new-philippine-senateAt least two Philippine senators will file bills on July 1 to reimpose th… Read More
2016-06-24 22:35
Source: Online Citizen (11 June 2016)http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2016/06/singapores-heartless-death-penalty-drug-traffickers/By Arjun MalikOn the first of June, I watched the conclusion… Read More
2016-06-24 22:27
Source: Anti Death Penalty Asia Network (16 June 2016)https://adpan.org/2016/06/16/adpan-urges-indonesia-to-abolish-death-penalty-and-castration-for-sex-offenders/ADPAN(Anti Death Penalty As… Read More
2016-06-10 12:22
Source: The Jakarta Post (10 June 2016)http://www.thejakartapost.com/academia/2016/06/01/asean-setback-forward-march-on-death-penalty.htmlLast Wednesday President Joko “Jokowi” W… Read More
2016-06-09 06:09
Source: The Independent (8 June 2016)http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/pakistan-executions-pass-400-despite-international-protests-over-re-introduction-of-the-death-a7070656.htmlT… Read More
2016-06-08 07:59
Source: Huffington Post (20 May 2016)http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/georgie-bright/australia-must-breathe-new-life-into-the-fight-against-the-death/The death penalty is making an alarming… Read More
2016-06-08 07:30
Source: The Indian Express (24 May 2016)http://indianexpress.com/article/blogs/the-bias-of-the-death-penalty-against-the-economically-vulnerable/“One of the more difficult tasks for me… Read More
2016-06-08 07:23
Source: Stuff.co.nz (1 June 2016)http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/80632843/Former-Indonesian-president-rejects-death-penaltyThe third president of Indonesia has publicly revealed he opposes… Read More
2016-06-06 12:54
Source: Anti Death Penalty Asia Network (31 May 2016)https://adpan.org/2016/06/02/philippines-president-elect-duterte-urged-not-to-bring-back-death-penalty/AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT-ELECT… Read More
2016-05-24 14:47
Source: Dunya News Network (21 May 2016)http://dunyanews.tv/en/Crime/337726-Malaysian-murder-convict-hanged-in-Singapore-poli#.V0KCJ38sfkQ.twitterSINGAPORE (AFP) - A Malaysian murder convict… Read More
2016-05-05 04:25
Source: The Guardian (4 May 2016)http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/04/indonesia-preparing-execute-prisoners-police-official-confirmsIndonesia is preparing to execute several prisoner… Read More
2016-04-30 07:44
Source: News.com.au (29 April 2016)http://www.news.com.au/world/asia/bali-nine-duo-families-one-year-on-from-executions/news-story/982eafef3f15a08a2c37b17b296e5c6cIT’S been one year to… Read More
2016-04-18 17:09
Source: The Japan Times (18 April 2016)http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/04/18/asia-pacific/crime-legal-asia-pacific/china-sets-death-penalty-threshold-graft-cases/#.VxUUNjB97IUBEIJING … Read More
2016-04-11 10:18
Source: CNS News (31 March 2016)http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/pakistan-radicals-end-protest-after-govt-gives-assurances-blasphemyMuslim radicals ended a four-day sit… Read More
2016-04-06 08:04
Source: news.com.au (6 April 2016)http://www.news.com.au/world/asia/amnesty-death-penalty-report-the-secret-china-wont-share-with-the-world/news-story/f8c406c3301992b28bbfc5d6f8e2eb51Asian n… Read More
2016-04-06 07:58
Source: The Online Citizen (6 April 2016)http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2016/04/un-human-rights-office-concerned-ongoing-use-death-penalty-singapore/The UN Human Rights Office for South-Eas… Read More
2016-03-27 15:00
Source: The Guardian (25 March 2016)http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/25/malaysia-hangs-three-men-for-in-secretive-executionMalaysia has executed three men for murder, their lawyer s… Read More
2016-03-27 14:02
Source: The Straits Times (9 March 2016)http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/bangladesh-tycoons-death-penalty-upheldBangladesh's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of Jamaat… Read More
2016-03-21 19:55
Source: Channel NewsAsia (12 March 2016)http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/four-on-death-row-in-saud/2596306.htmlDeath sentences against four Saudi men convicted of terrorism have bee… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I created the Asia Death Penalty blog in 2006 and actively posted on the site until late 2010. Throughout 2011, I did not have time to maintain posting, and this won't change in the forseeab… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Chan family appeal for Indonesian clemency19 June 2011AAP on The Sydney Morning HeraldThe brother of Bali Nine ringleader Andrew Chan has appealed to the Indonesian president to give him "a… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Gillard against Chan death penaltyBy Petrina Berry18 June 2011AAP on The Brisbane TimesPrime Minister Julia Gillard hasn't ruled out appealing to Indonesia's president personally to have the… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
New justice minister faces up to death penalty controversyFrom: Focus Taiwan News Channel22 March 2011Taipei, March 22 (CNA) Taiwan's new justice minister Tseng Yung-fu, who entered office M… Read More
2016-03-02 09:02
Source: MWC News (1 March 2016)http://mwcnews.net/news/centrals-asia/57543-pakistan-capital-punishment.htmlExecution of Mumtaz Qadri, who killed Punjab governor Salman Taseer in 2011, prompt… Read More
2016-02-18 22:49
Source: The Malay Mail Online (18 February 2016)http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/more-malaysians-want-end-to-mandatory-death-penalty-online-poll-showsKUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 … Read More
2016-02-13 15:19
Source: DW (12 February 2016)http://www.dw.com/en/opinion-bangladesh-must-abolish-the-death-penalty-now/a-19044275The Bangladeshi Law Minister Anisul Huq’s remarks on the death penalty… Read More
2016-02-11 15:27
Source: The Indian Express (1 September 2015)http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/law-commission-recommends-abolition-of-death-penalty/Over 53 years after it favoured retentio… Read More
2016-02-09 15:02
Source: Straits Times (2 February 2016)http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/man-cleared-of-murder-after-over-20-years-in-jailSHANGHAI • A man jailed in China more than two decades… Read More
2016-02-01 05:17
Source: BBC News (1 February 2016)http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35457033Twenty-seven Chinese officials have been penalised for the wrongful execution of a teenager, state news age… Read More
2016-01-25 14:38
Source: International Business Times (25 January 2016)http://www.ibtimes.co.in/saudi-arabia-executions-reach-53-january-one-third-2015-toll-664513Saudi Arabia has continued its spree of exec… Read More
2016-01-16 08:26
Source: Viet Nam News (12 January 2016)http://vietnamnews.vn/opinion/281039/death-penalty-ends-in-some-cases.htmlNguyen Van Hoan, deputy head of the group compiling revisions to the 2015 Pen… Read More
2016-01-16 08:24
Source: Web India (4 January 2016)http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/Asia/20160104/2761737.htmlThe national human rights commission in Sri Lanka on Monday proposed abolishing the deat… Read More
2016-01-03 02:44
Source: The Independent (1 January 2016)http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/putting-saudi-arabias-execution-of-47-people-into-historical-context--b1ePJGtzpixSaudi Arabia has executed 47 pe… Read More
2016-01-03 02:39
Source: The Express Tribune (2 January 2016)http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/pakistan-year-of-most-executions.htmlAs many as 301 people were executed in the Punjab last year… Read More
2015-12-30 04:22
Source: Straits Times (27 December 2015)http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-warns-citizens-not-to-visit-myanmar-amid-protests-over-death-sentence-on-2The authorities in the are… Read More
2015-12-21 00:44
Source: The Siasat Daily (17 December 2015)http://www.siasat.com/news/hrw-urges-pak-restore-death-penalty-moratorium-887119/New York: Pakistan's government should immediately halt executions… Read More
2015-12-19 04:11
Source: The Guardian (18 December 2015)http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/18/japan-executes-first-man-convicted-by-citizen-judgesJapan on Friday carried out the first execution of a m… Read More
2015-12-14 09:32
Source: Malay Mail Online (12 December 2015)http://m.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/the-inevitability-of-errorOPINION, Dec 12 — Many have forgotten the wrongful conviction of… Read More
2015-12-12 13:05
Source: The China Post (10 December 2015)https://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/other/2015/12/10/453141/Mongolia-praised.htmULAN BATOR, Mongolia -- The United Nations' top human rights offi… Read More
2015-12-06 12:54
Source: Herald & Review (27 Nov 2015) http://herald-review.com/news/world/asia/vietnam-passes-law-abolishing-death-penalty-for-crimes/article_1e1ce2c5-adeb-5ab4-a4ee-7885ecccb1ae.htmlHAN… Read More
2015-12-06 12:53
Source: Amnesty International (4 December 2015)https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/12/mongolia-historic-vote-abolishes-death-penalty/Mongolia's parliament became the latest to consig… Read More
2015-11-29 00:52
Source: Asia Sentinel (24 Nov 2015)http://www.asiasentinel.com/society/rights-groups-fight-singapore-murder-kho-jabing-reversal/Human rights organizations in Singapore are working feverishly… Read More
2015-11-29 00:50
Source: Gulf News (25 Nov 2015)http://gulfnews.com/news/asia/pakistan/disabled-pakistani-man-s-execution-delayed-for-fourth-time-1.1626547Islamabad: A disabled Pakistani murder convict was g… Read More
2015-11-25 04:14
Source: The Strait Times (21 Nov 2015)http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/jakarta-wont-execute-convicts-for-nowThe Indonesian government has suspended the executions of convicts on dea… Read More
2015-11-25 04:12
Source: The Malaysian Insider (17 November 2015)http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/bill-to-abolish-death-penalty-for-drug-offences-on-the-cards-says-law-minisPutrajaya plans… Read More
2015-11-20 07:37
Source: Jakarta Post (19 November 2015)http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/11/19/indonesia-suspends-executions-death-row-convicts.htmlThe government has suspended executions of convicts… Read More
2015-11-16 11:06
Source: Malaysiakini (16 November 2015)http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/319675Amnesty International Malaysia welcomes attorney-general Apandi Ali’s intended proposal to the cabinet… Read More
2015-11-05 08:09
Source: Asiaone (4 November 2015)http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/pakistan-moves-towards-death-penalty-child-sex-abuseIslamabad - Pakistan has taken a step towards punishing the sexual abus… Read More
2015-10-22 08:32
Source: Straits Times (14 October 2015)http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/a-little-light-administrative-duty-for-sri-lankas-new-hangmenCOLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka said on Wednesda… Read More
2015-10-22 08:28
Source: Ozy.com (2 October 2015)http://www.ozy.com/fast-forward/the-final-firing-squad-in-southeast-asia/64881In her seven years as an anti-death penalty activist, Rachel Zeng had never seen… Read More
2015-10-22 08:27
Source: Amnesty International (15 October 2015)https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/10/indonesia-report-reveals-endemic-judicial-flaws-in-death-penalty-cases/Death row prisoners in In… Read More
2015-10-21 06:07
Source: The Jakarta Post (16 October 2015)http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/10/16/death-row-inmates-treated-cruelly-ai.htmlPrior to being executed, death row inmates in Indonesia often… Read More
2015-10-21 06:06
Source: France24.com (16 October 2015)http://www.france24.com/en/20151016-un-execution-iran-death-penalty-minors-united-nationsUnited Nations human rights experts expressed "outrage and pro… Read More
2015-10-06 07:23
Source: Amnesty International (4 October 2015)https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/10/japan-prisoner-dies-after-46-years-on-death-row/The death in prison of a Japanese man who spent m… Read More
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