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Capital punishment constitutes the gravest form of human rights violation.

The Senate is currently investigating the Ruiz family for their alleged maltreatment of their former domestic helper Elvie Vergara

The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has commended the Republic of Ghana for abolishing the death penalty for all crimes except high treason.

On 18 July 2023, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) made a submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in advance of its review of Malaysia’s human rights record early next year. In its submission, the ICJ addressed the following hum

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

The 101-page report, “Japan’s ‘Hostage Justice’ System,” documents the abusive treatment of criminal suspects in pretrial detention. The authorities strip suspects of their right to remain silent, question them without a lawyer, coerce them to confess through repeated arrests and denial of bail, and detain them for prolonged periods under constant surveillance in police stations. The Japanese government should urgently undertake wide-ranging reforms, including amending the criminal pro...

The parliament failed to pass a bill to end capital punishment due to a lack of support from lawmakers since 1999

The men are citizens of The Gambia and Senegal. According to the report, the incident happened on 9 December 2022 at the Foni-Cassamance border.

Malaysia, UN, OHCHR, mandatory death penalty

They say capital punishment is incompatible with fundamental tenets of human rights and dignity.