Tag: Death penalty

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Papua New Guinea's death penalty Act of 1984 has been repealed by the National Parliament and all prisoners on death row...

By Ulutah Gina in Gizo, Solomon Islands Western Province Premier David Gina has called for reintroduction of capital punishment in Solomon Islands and has appealed...

RNZ Pacific The Tongan legislature is now considering the Illicit Drugs Control (Amendment) Bill 2021, which was introduced as a private members' bill by the...

By Pia Ranada in Manila Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, for the third time, used his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to call on Congress...

By Pia Ranada in Manila President Rodrigo Duterte has warned that he will fire more government personnel in "coming days". "In the coming days, I'm going...

Rappler's Evening wRap on President Duterte and the death penalty. By Mara Cepeda in Manila A proposed measure seeking to reimpose the death penalty in the...

Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen reporting from Jakarta on the international appeals to halt the Indonesian executions. Video: Al Jazeera on YouTube The Indonesian government has...

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, popularly known as "Jokowi", will be putting his government on the wrong side of history if he proceeds with a...

The number of drug convicts keeps rising despite the implementation of the death penalty in Indonesia, showing that capital punishment is not that effective...

Ministries are pooling their efforts to save 126 Indonesian migrant workers facing the death penalty in Malaysia for drug-related offences, say Indonesian officials. The government...

Report from SBS Indonesia's attorney-general has the funds and the will to wield the death penalty again, even though last year's record 14 executions failed...