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Middle East and Africa 1 month ago

Saudi Arabia sets executions record in 2025, putting 356 people to death

Official data released by the Saudi government said 243 people were executed in drug-related cases in 2025 alone, according to AFP's tally.

Academia 4 months ago

After 11 executions, will Singapore embrace a more humane policy?

Singapore can retain its top spot in world safety rankings even if it reduces its use of capital punishment.

Americas 10 months ago

China says acted 'in accordance with the law' after 4 Canadians executed

Canada's Foreign Minister Melanie Joly told reporters in Ottawa on Wednesday that China had executed four Canadian citizens in recent weeks, defying pleas from Ottawa for leniency.

Editorial 1 year ago

Democracy under threat

Prabowo and Gerindra have taken for granted the overwhelming legislative and executive powers that the people have lent them.

Academia 1 year ago

Ending capital punishment is not a false hope

Hope could very well be the defining force behind the drive to abolish capital punishment: hope for redemption, hope for personal improvement, hope for national betterment, and above all, hope for humanity.

Asia & Pacific 1 year ago

Singapore hangs prisoner in second execution in days

Wednesday's execution brings to 19 the number of people hanged since Singapore resumed carrying out death sentences in March 2022, according to an AFP tally.

Politics 1 year ago

PREMIUM
Courts continue to issue death sentences despite no executions

Despite its seven-year streak in not executing its death row inmates, Indonesia last year issued 114 death sentences, a report by Amnesty International has found.

Asia & Pacific 2 years ago

Singapore executes first woman convict in nearly 20 years

"The capital sentence of death imposed on Saridewi Binte Djamani was carried out on 28 July 2023," the Central Narcotics Bureau said in a statement.

Asia & Pacific 2 years ago

Singapore executes second prisoner in three weeks

The man was convicted in 2019 of trafficking around 1.5 kilos (3.3 pounds) of cannabis, Kokila Annamalai of local rights group Transformative Justice Collective told AFP.

Editorial 2 years ago

Cleaning the broom

Teddy's conviction has given the police the impetus to carry on their internal reforms, launched in the wake of the regime change in 1998 to transform the police into a more accountable and credible institution.