Death Penalty

How Could Kolkata Court Fail Victims and Spare a Brutal Rapist-Murderer from the Death Penalty?How Could Kolkata Court Fail Victims and Spare a Brutal Rapist-Murderer from the Death Penalty?

How Could Kolkata Court Fail Victims and Spare a Brutal Rapist-Murderer from the Death Penalty?

Sanjoy Roy was given a life sentence by the Additional District and Sessions Court in Sealdah on Monday for the…

January 20, 2025
Taiwan Court Retains Death Penalty but Restricts Its Use to “Exceptional Cases”Taiwan Court Retains Death Penalty but Restricts Its Use to “Exceptional Cases”

Taiwan Court Retains Death Penalty but Restricts Its Use to “Exceptional Cases”

On Friday, Taiwan's Constitutional Court decided to keep the death sentence while underlining that its application should be restricted to…

September 21, 2024
Discussions on the death penaltyDiscussions on the death penalty

Discussions on the death penalty

Malaysia - Last Thursday, the Cabinet resolved to abolish the death sentence. This doesn't mean the death sentence is gone;…

June 15, 2022
Singapore to hang mentally disabled Malaysian manSingapore to hang mentally disabled Malaysian man

Singapore to hang mentally disabled Malaysian man

ASEAN - A mentally disabled Malaysian man will be hanged in Singapore next week after losing a last-ditch appeal, his…

April 21, 2022
A New Deal With Death PenaltyA New Deal With Death Penalty

A New Deal With Death Penalty

Indonesia - The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has shared that it expects policemen, particularly judges, to reexamine capital…

April 6, 2022
A Call To Re-Establish Death PenaltyA Call To Re-Establish Death Penalty

A Call To Re-Establish Death Penalty

Philippines - The Commission on Human Rights invited Sens. Panfilo Lacson and Vicente Sotto III's withdrawal of help for capital…

November 5, 2021