Tag: capital punishment
2022 executions highest in five years, according to Amnesty International
A total of 883 people were known to have been executed in 20 countries, marking a 53% increase from the previous year
Singapore executes second prisoner in three weeks
Singapore has some of the world's toughest anti-narcotics laws: trafficking more than 500 grams of cannabis can result in the death penalty
Updated: Singapore hangs prisoner over 1 kg of cannabis
The country has some of the world's toughest anti-drug laws and insists the death penalty remains an effective deterrent against trafficking
Fighting death penalty
We are persons of peace and at all times we can and should seek peace. (Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, 4 , 5.)
Source of hope in campaign against death penalty
The World Congress is a source of hope against the backdrop of an impending return of the death penalty to the Philippines
Philippines’ anti-death penalty lobby lacks numbers, says prison ministry official
At present, there are six pending measures in Congress that seek to restore capital punishment in the country
ASEAN warns Myanmar against more executions
The 10-nation regional bloc has spearheaded so far fruitless efforts to restore peace to the country after a military coup last year
Singapore executes fifth drug trafficker since March
The spate of hangings has prompted growing calls for Singapore to abolish the death penalty
Singapore conducts two more executions: activists
The latest executions come after the hanging of a mentally disabled man in April sparked widespread international outrage
Malaysian to be hanged in Singapore after court dismisses appeal
A judge can commute the sentence to life in prison if the offender acted only as a courier and cooperated with authorities
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