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Asia Death Penalty
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The Asia Death Penalty blog provides information to support people in Asia - and around the world - in the struggle to end the death penalty. It is focused on countries in the Asian region, but it also reports on issues of interest in the worldwide campaign for a world without executions.
Recent Posts
Bangladesh: Death penalty on army coup leaders
Bangladesh Upholds Death Penalty on 1975 Coup Leaders (Update1)By Jay ShankarFrom Bloomberg, 19 November 2009Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Bangladesh’s Supreme Court upheld death sentences on five army officers for assassinating Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the...
South Korea: \'Disappointment\' at lack of change
[Interview] "S. Korea slips in being first in Asia to abolish death penalty"Amnesty International’s Go Euntae talks on not wanting a ‘Santa Claus’ Amnesty InternationalFrom The Hankyoreh, 10 October 2009"There are two kinds of countries in this...
Australia: Abolition bill introduced in parliament
ATTORNEY-GENERALHON ROBERT McCLELLAND MPSECOND READINGCRIMES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT(TORTURE PROHIBITION AND DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION) BILLTHURSDAY, 19 NOVEMBER 2009I am pleased to introduce the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Torture Prohibition and Deat...
Australia acts to outlaw death penalty
Media release from Robert McClelland, Attorney-General of Australia19 November 2009AUSTRALIA TAKES ACTION AGAINST TORTURE AND THE DEATH PENALTYAttorney-General Robert McClelland today introduced the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Torture Prohibition a...
Singapore: Malaysian faces execution for drugs
Amnesty International issued the following urgent action appeal for a Malaysian man at risk imminent risk of execution in Singapore.URGENT ACTIONMALAYSIAN MAN FACING EXECUTION IN SINGAPOREYong Vui Kong was sentenced to death for drug trafficking in J...
China: Lethal injection site completed
By Cui Xiaohuo (China Daily)From: China Daily, 6 November 2009Beijing's first permanent lethal injection facility has been completed, ahead of plans to abolish execution by firing squad for criminals next year.The new facility is within the Beijing N...
