Global executions fall to lowest level in decade — Report vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
The report came as the Malaysian government continued to grapple with whether or not to abolish the death penalty, a move fiercely opposed by conservative and opposition groups.
“The reversal of the earlier decision is shocking, unprincipled and embarrassing,’’ N. Surendran, advisor to human rights group Lawyers for Liberty, said in March. Parliamentarian Kasthuri Patto, a pro-abolition politician who was also at the launch, said the minister for law Liew Vui Keong is “very much on board with abolishing the death penalty.’’
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