Tag: Executions

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 Trevor Wahune in Port Moresby A five-man Supreme Court bench has quashed by a majority decision National Court temporary orders that have stayed the...

By Dian Septiari in Jakarta The Migrant CARE advocacy group has called on Indonesia's Manpower Ministry to cancel a recent agreement with Saudi Arabia to...

By Jewel Topsfield of The Sydney Morning Herald in Jakarta Heru Kurnia, an Indonesian who joined Islamic State in Syria, is describing watching children kick...

The Death of the Balibo Five ... a Footprint Films extra including clips from the film Balibo and interviews with the film director, Robert...

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...

By Haeril Halim in Jakarta and Margareth S. Aritonang in Oslo As a third round of executions nears, Indonesia's President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has commemorated...

OPINION: By Crispin C. Maslog in Manila Let me start by saying I was not your best fan during the elections. I normally do not...

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

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...