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Indonesian men light candles during an anti-execution rally in front of the presidential palace in Jakarta on July 28, 2016

Indonesia executes foreign convicts despite protests

  President Joko Widodo said that Indonesia is fighting a war on drugs and traffickers must be heavily punished.

Police prepare to cross to Indonesia's highest security Nusakambangan prison on Cilacap on July 25, 2016

Indonesia rejects international pleas to halt executions

  Indonesian foreign ministry spokesman Arrmanatha Nasir defended the upcoming executions as "pure law enforcement

An Indonesian police firing squad boards a boat in Cilacap to cross to Nusakambangan maximum security prison island on April 28, 2015, ahead of the planned execution of drug convicts. Photo: AFP

Indonesia to keep applying death penalty for drug crimes

  The executions of seven foreigners in April -- among them two Australians -- prompted Australia to temporarily withdraw its ambassador.

Pope calls for worldwide abolition of death penalty

Pope calls for worldwide abolition of death penalty

 

Duong Chi Dung (C), former chairman of state shipping giant Vinalines, stood an appeal trial in Hanoi last April. He and one of his subordinates were sentenced to death for embezzling VND10 billion (US$474,000) each in a dock scam busted in May 2012. Photo: Manh Quan

Corrupt officials can escape death if they are contrite, Vietnam lawmakers decide

They have to return at least 75 percent of the ill-gotten money and blow the whistle on partners-in...

Prosecutor: No decision on death penalty in Charleston church shooting

Prosecutor: No decision on death penalty in Charleston church shooting

 

In Vietnam, death penalty cannot be a remedy for corruption

In Vietnam, death penalty cannot be a remedy for corruption

But lawmakers have never budged from their unwavering support of the death penalty for corruption

Vietnam may stop punishing drug, war crimes by death

Vietnam may stop punishing drug, war crimes by death

The government, however, continues to take a tough stance against corruption  

Saudi Arabia executed 87 people in 2014, ranking it third in the world for use of the death penalty

Saudi advertises for swordsmen as execution rate soars

  No qualifications were necessary and that applicants would be exempted from the usual entrance exams.

Australian national Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto (2nd R) is escorted by Malaysian customs officials as she arrives at the Magistrate Court in Sepang on April 30, 2015

Australian mum faces death penalty as Malaysia confirms drug bust

  Malaysia has a mandatory death penalty by hanging for anyone found guilty of carrying more than 50 grams of a drug...

Supreme Court closely divided over Oklahoma lethal injection drug

Supreme Court closely divided over Oklahoma lethal injection drug

U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in death penalty case arising from a botched execution in Oklahoma  

A coffin bearing the body of Indonesian drug convict Zainal Abidin is buried in Cilacap on April 29, 2015

Indonesia defends executions, after convicts die singing

  Indonesia on Wednesday staunchly defended its execution of seven foreigners including two Australians as a vital front of its "war" on...

Australian Andrew Chan (L) and Myuran Sukumaran wait in a temporary cell for their appeal hearing in Denpasar District Court in Indonesia's resort island of Bali September 21, 2010.

Indonesia executes drug convicts, sparks anger from Australia, Brazil

  An Indonesian firing squad executed eight convicted drug-traffickers from several countries on Wednesday, prompting Australia to recall its envoy to...

Children of Filipina drug convict and death row prisoner Mary Jane Veloso, Mark Darren, 6 (lower front C), Mark Daniel, 12 (C), along with other relatives arrive in Cilacap, to visit Nusakambangan maximum security prison island, on April 25, 2015

Mercy pleas for Indonesia death row inmates as families arrive

  President Widodo has turned a deaf ear to increasingly clamorous appeals on the convicts' behalf from their governments, social media

Executions in United States at 20-year low: report

Executions in United States at 20-year low: report

  Amid growing concerns about how executions are carried out in the United States, the number of prison inmates being put to death...
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