Tag: penalty
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Tool of fear: Executions on the rise as death penalty used to show heavy hand of the state
Trends recorded so far in 2025 indicate that executions have significantly increased in some countries.…
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Singapore: Call for death penalty moratorium renewed after first clemency since 1998 and third execution in three weeks
In a welcome move, on 14 August 2025 the President of Singapore, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, granted…
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Saudi Arabia: Deplorable execution exposes broken promise to halt death penalty for juveniles
Reacting to the news that Saudi authorities executed Jalal Labbad on 21 August 2025 for…
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The Maldives: Reject introduction of death penalty for drug trafficking and abolish this punishment once and for all
Amnesty International and eight other organizations express their alarm at the statement by Dr. Mohamed…
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Malaysia: Two years since mandatory sentencing repeal, government urged to fully abolish the death penalty
Two years since the repeal of the mandatory death penalty in Malaysia came into force,…