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Asia Death Penalty

http://asiadeathpenalty.blogspot.com

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.

• Added on: Oct 28th, 2006
• Country: Australia
• Language: English

• Listed in: Politics Law & Legal Law
• Tags: china japan executions abolition capital cases unfair trial

Recent Posts

• Bangladesh: Death penalty on army coup leaders

  Posted on Monday December 14th, 2009 at 16:41 in Bangladesh, terrorism, capital cases

  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

  Posted on Monday December 14th, 2009 at 16:17 in south korea, abolition, death penalty debate, public opinion and death penalty

  [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

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 04:43 in australia, law reform, abolition, un and death penalty

  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

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 04:33 in australia, law reform, abolition, un and 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

  Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 04:16 in action, drugs, Singapore, secrecy, mandatory

  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

  Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 04:08 in china, secrecy, lethal injection, firing squad, method of execution

  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...

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