Demonstrators from Amnesty International protest against the death penalty in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: Reuters
Demonstrators from Amnesty International protest against the death penalty in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: Reuters
This Week in Asia /  Politics

Death penalty: as world executes fewer prisoners, Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand are killing more

  • Globally, the number of executions have fallen to a decade-long low, but Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand are bucking the trend: Amnesty International
  • Vietnam executed 85 people in 2018; the Lion City hanged 13

Topic |   Human rights
Tashny Sukumaran
Tashny Sukumaran

Updated: 10:35pm, 10 Apr, 2019

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Demonstrators from Amnesty International protest against the death penalty in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: Reuters
Demonstrators from Amnesty International protest against the death penalty in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: Reuters
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