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President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev signed amendments to the legislation on the abolition of the death penalty

Japan executed three death row convicts Tuesday for the first time since 2019, according to the Japan Times. The three executions are the first carried out under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The thre...

Lack of public confidence in political leadership around the world has many causes. But perhaps none is more important than the widespread belief – fairly or unfairly – of citizens that they are being ignored or taken for granted by those they have put in power. It is a charge that Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev […]

CHR Commissioner Karen S. Gomez Dumpit The Commission on Human Rightss (CHR) dubbed as “a win for the sanctity of life” the move of Senators Panfilo “Ping” Lacson and Vicente “Tito” Sotto III’s to withdraw support for the reimposition of death penalty in the country. CHR Focal Commissioner on A

(Paris) Singaporean authorities must immediately halt the imminent execution of Malaysian national Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, FIDH urged today. Mr. (…)

A military tribunal in Cameroon has sentenced four people to death, in a trial marked by procedural irregularities, for an attack on a school in

Commission-on-Human-Rights Everyone, including government officials and employees, are subject to Philippine laws, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) stressed as it sounded alarm over the “worsening” rule of law in the country. In a statement issued through Spokesperson Jacqueline Ann d

The countrys parliament has failed to pass an anti-death penalty bill for more than two decades

On World and European Day against the Death Penalty, which is observed on 10 October, Slovenia calls on the countries that still practice capital punishment to abolish it entirely. Slovenia is a resolute opponent of the death penalty, which is an inhuman, cruel, degrading, and final form of punishment.

Youth and Society (YAS) – one of the local human rights watchdogs – has urged the Tonse Alliance-led government to seriously consider repealing all laws giving effect to the death penalty in line with the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of the United Nations (UN). YAS has made […]