Capital Punishment

15 May 2013

The central government released its tenth white paper on human rights yesterday, highlighting a decrease in the number of crimes eligible for the death sentence as a sign of progress.

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Asia moving away from the death penalty

1 Dec 2012

Anti-death-penalty activists worldwide have been taking to the streets to express their commitment to life and opposition to the death penalty.

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Drug mules no longer bound to die

17 Nov 2012

Human rights activists are applauding Singapore's decision this week to abolish the mandatory death sentence for low-level drug couriers, giving fresh hope to dozens of inmates awaiting execution...

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Parting shots

1 Jan 2012

They are harrowing pictures that have triggered a debate about the death penalty. Four condemned women laugh and joke with one another, play cards, eat McDonald's and fuss over their hair and...

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Choose life

4 Nov 2011

Taiwan's defence ministry recently offered about NT$131 million (HK$33.7 million) in compensation to the family of an air force serviceman who was wrongly executed in 1997. Was it a case of a...

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Why people really back death penalty

9 Jun 2011

The sentencing to death of two young men last month sparked heated discussion among mainlanders.

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Timely move to limit death penalty

Beijing finds itself caught in the middle of conflicting sentiment over the use of the death penalty. It has long been under pressure from human rights groups around the world to reduce the number...

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Singapore failing to provide important information on death sentences

I refer to the letter from Singapore Consul General Ker Sin Tze ('Author not prosecuted in Singapore for writing about death penalty', May 15). It was in reply to comments on Liz Gooch's article...

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Judges to limit use of death sentence

The mainland's top court has instructed judges to limit the use of the death penalty and commute all capital penalties that do not warrant immediate execution to two-year suspended death sentences...

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Given enough rope

Alan Shadrake's first attempt to talk to a state-sanctioned killer turned out to be a disappointment. Over beers in a Manchester pub, the British journalist tried to convince Harry Allen,...

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Life after death?

Late last month, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress reduced by 13 the number of offences punishable by death, lowering the figure to 55.

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British author Alan Shadrake has been sentenced to six weeks in a Singapore jail for contempt of court after publishing a book which criticised the city's use of the death...

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