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Sri Lanka hiring hangmen, inspired by Philippines' war on drugs

Shihar Aneez, Reuters
Updated as of Feb 12 10:36 PM

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka began advertising for hangmen this week, as the country's president pushes ahead with a hardline policy, modeled on the Philippines, to combat drug trafficking.   Read more »

House withdraws bill setting death penalty for drug offenses

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 06:07 PM

The House of Representatives has withdrawn its approval of a bill that aims to strengthen the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. Read more »

Saudi Arabia executes Pinay found guilty of murder

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 31 11:10 AM

Saudi Arabia has executed a Filipina household worker that was found guilty of murder, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday.    Read more »

US poised to carry out first execution of 2019

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 31 03:06 AM

The US is set to carry out its first execution of 2019 on Wednesday, of a man convicted of murdering a police officer 30 years ago during an attempted robbery. Read more »

Chinese court sentences Canadian drug suspect to death

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 02:14 AM

A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian man to death on drug trafficking charges on Monday after his previous 15-year prison sentence was deemed too lenient, deepening a diplomatic rift as Canadian premier Justin Trudeau accused Beijing of "arbitrarily" using capital punishment. Read more »

'Death penalty is anti-poor': Senate hopefuls bare stand on capital punishment

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 08:02 PM

Three senate hopefuls gave their opinion on the issue of the reinstatement of death penalty.   Read more »

Pulis na umano'y nanghalay sa anak ng drug suspek, ano ang pananagutan?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 07:47 PM

Inaresto lagpas isang linggo na ang nakakaraan ang bagitong pulis na si Edwardo Valencia matapos akusahan ng panghahalay sa anak ng isang drug suspect kapalit ng paglinis sa rekord ng kaniyang ama.  Read more »

Singapore hangings spur fresh calls to scrap death penalty

Fathin Ungku, Reuters
Posted at Oct 26 08:10 PM

Singapore on Friday hanged a Malaysian convicted of drug trafficking, the latest in what rights groups said was a series of executions prompting them to renew calls for the wealthy city-state to abolish the death penalty. Read more »

Bakit di malawak ang suporta sa pagbabalik sa death penalty?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 12 09:51 PM

Sa isang survey, sinabi ng mga respondent na mas mainam pa rin ang reclusion perpetua o habambuhay na pagkakakulong bilang pinakamabigat na parusa sa mga gagawa ng mga malalaking krimen.   Read more »

'Mas kaunting Pinoy, pabor sa death penalty kung may ibang parusa'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 10:58 PM

Mas kaunting Pilipino ang pabor na ibalik ang death penalty kung may iba pang ibibigay na parusa sa mga krimeng may kaugnayan sa ilegal na droga, ayon sa survey. Read more »

SWS survey finds 'minority support' for death penalty revival in drug-related crimes

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 10 06:48 PM

MANILA - Up to a third of Filipinos favor the revival of the death penalty as punishment for various drug-related crimes as more still preferred life imprisonment as the most severe penalty, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed Wednesday.   Read more »

Bangladesh sets death penalty for drug offences in draft law

Ruma Paul, Reuters
Posted at Oct 09 07:13 AM

Bangladesh's cabinet on Monday approved a draft law prescribing the death penalty for drug offences, despite widespread criticism over a narcotics crackdown in which police have shot dead more than 200 people since May.   Read more »

Iran executes teenage rape victim: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 03 02:29 AM

Iran on Tuesday executed a teenage rape victim who was abused by her husband and convicted of killing him in a "grossly unfair trial", Amnesty International said Tuesday.   Read more »

Malaysia pardons 3 brothers on death row

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 22 01:58 AM

The sultan of the southern Malaysian state of Johor has commuted the death sentences of three Mexican brothers who were set to be hanged for drug trafficking crimes, Mexico said. Read more »

Pakistan sentences nearly 30 people to death in a month

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 11 04:04 AM

Pakistan's army chief has confirmed death sentences for 13 militants, authorities said Monday, bringing the total executions ordered by secret military courts over the past month to at least 28. Read more »

Man executed by firing squad in Taiwan

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 01 04:03 AM

Taiwan executed a death-row inmate on Friday, the first execution carried out under President Tsai Ing-wen's government despite ongoing calls from rights groups to abolish the death penalty. Read more »

Vietnam sentences drug smuggler to death

Reuters
Updated as of Aug 28 11:45 PM

HANOI - A Vietnamese court has sentenced a South African man to death for smuggling cocaine from Brazil into the Southeast Asian country, state media reported on Tuesday. Read more »

India orders death sentence for rapists of 8-year-old

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 21 11:43 PM

In Indian court on Tuesday sentenced two men to death for the gang-rape of an eight-year-old girl that sparked angry protests. Read more »

Pacquiao wants firing squad for drug smugglers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 06:38 PM

Senator Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday said he wants drugs smugglers to face a firing squad after a shipment of P6.8 billion worth of drugs recently slipped past the Manila port. Read more »

Nebraska conducts first US execution with fentanyl

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 15 03:09 PM

CHICAGO - Nebraska on Tuesday carried out America's first execution using fentanyl -- the opioid at the center of the country's deadly overdose crisis -- as part of a previously-untested, four-drug combination. Read more »