Tag: Rule of Law / Justice
The Unbearable Irreversibility of the Death Penalty
A global trend away from the use of the death penalty for drug-related offenses means countries that do carry out executions are on the extreme fringe, a minority on the world stage
By Isyana Artharini on 09:15 pm Jun 15, 2015
Kuala Lumpur. Chen Chin-Hsien walked up on stage and introduced...
AICHR: Diplomacy between countries is an important tool to remove death penalty
The Malaysian government can be pressured to remove the death penalty law if diplomacy is applied diligently by other foreign governments as part of the diplomatic process to extradite a convict from another country.
Posted on 12 June 2015 - 08:59pm
Last updated on 12 June 2015 - 10:11pm
Shahrim Tamrin
KUALA LUMPUR:...
Follow Singapore and revise mandatory death penalty on drugs, minister says
Putrajaya should take a leaf from Singapore and review Malaysia’s mandatory death sentence for drug-related offences, Minister Datuk Paul Low said today,
Thursday June 11, 2015
11:08 AM GMT+8
BY KAMLES KUMAR
KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 — Putrajaya should take a leaf from Singapore and review Malaysia’s mandatory death sentence for drug-related offences,...
For female offenders, jail often no solution
Prison overcrowding is a major concern in many countries. With more than 10 million people in prisons worldwide, this issue has been raised by the United Nations on a number of occasions to call for responsive action from its member countries.
9 Jun 2015 at 03:30 | NEWSPAPER SECTION: NEWS...
Philippine government policy and practice defeat UN objective to eliminate killings
The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and KARAPATAN Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights – Philippines (Karapatan ) welcome the General Assembly’s Resolution (A/HRC/RES/26/12) reaffirming the “need for effective action to combat and eliminate the abhorrent practice of extrajudicial” killings. The failure, if not inability, to hold the...
Vietnam Supreme Court to Compensate $330,000 for Wrongfully Imprisoned Man
Mr. Binh did not clarify the source of the money for compensation as well as the responsibilities of police officers and court officials. According to the Vietnamese law, state officials have to pay for the losses caused by their irresponsibility.
By Vu Quoc Ngu | June 8, 2015
Vietnam’s Supreme People’s...
FIDH attends landmark regional congress on death penalty
“Each year, more people are executed in Asia than in the rest of the world combined. It is crucial that key actors from the region meet and work together to define concrete strategies and actions towards the abolition of the death penalty,” said Florence Bellivier, FIDH Deputy Secretary General...
The Veloso case, from another perspective
Barely two months ago, Mary Jane Veloso was on the front pages of newspapers and on prime-time television news almost every day, as she was one of nine persons due to be executed in Indonesia for drug-related convictions.
Posted by Senator Manny Villar on Jun 10th, 2015 // 0 Comments
Barely...
Jailed Vietnamese Activist on Hunger Strike to Protest Treatment in Prison
A prominent online activist jailed in Vietnam for “anti-government propaganda” has mounted a hunger strike for at least three weeks to protest what she says is the mistreatment of political prisoners by authorities in her detention center, her sister said Monday.
2015-06-08
A prominent online activist jailed in Vietnam for “anti-government...
Malaysian jungle graves may stall trade pact with US
The discovery of scores of graves in people-smuggling camps in Malaysia is casting a shadow over President Barack Obama's signature trade deal as US lawmakers consider punishing trading partners that are soft on human trafficking.
Published: 5 June 2015 2:06 PM
Just as Obama's drive to win "fast-track" trade negotiating authority...
