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Amnesty International Malaysia & Amnesty International IndonesiaPress Release16 May 2023 Legal reforms on the use of the death penalty in Indonesia and Malaysia show that Southeast Asia can and should shift away from its highly punitive response to crime and move towards abolition, Amnesty...
May 16, 2023
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This report covers the judicial use of the death penalty for the period January to December 2021. Amnesty International reports only on executions, death sentences and other aspects of the use of the death penalty, such as commutations and exonerations, where there is reasonable confirmation. In...
May 16, 2023
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3 April 2023 Responding to the repeal of the mandatory death penalty at the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) in Malaysia, Amnesty International Malaysia’s Executive Director Katrina Jorene Maliamauv said: “Today’s vote has been a long-time in the making, and while there is...
April 3, 2023
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27 March 2023 Responding to the bills introduced in Parliament to abolish the mandatory death penalty, Amnesty International Malaysia’s Executive Director, Katrina Jorene Maliamauv said: “We commend the government’s resolve to recommence reforms to abolish the mandatory death...
March 27, 2023
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Amnesty International MalaysiaMedia Quote22 December 2022 Responding to the announcement that the Malaysian government will table bills in Parliament to abolish the mandatory death penalty in February 2023, Amnesty International Malaysia’s Executive Director Katrina Jorene Maliamauv...
December 22, 2022
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Jenayah yang dikenakan hukuman mati di Malaysia Pembunuhan Pengedaran dadah Pengkhianatan Melancarkan perang terhadap Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Raja) Keganasan Penculikan atau penculikan untuk membunuh Pemilikan senjata api Bersubahat dengan...
October 4, 2022
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Pada 27 Mac 2023, dua rang undang-undang – Pemansuhan Hukuman Mati Mandatori 2023 dan Semakan Hukuman Mati dan Pemenjaraan Sepanjang Hayat (Bidang Kuasa Sementara Mahkamah Persekutuan) 2023 – telah dibentangkan di Parlimen bertujuan untuk memansuhkan hukuman mati mandatori dengan memberi...
October 4, 2022
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KENYATAAN MEDIA 3 OKTOBER 2022 Amnesty International Malaysia, bersama-sama ahli keluarga orang yang dihukum mati, menantikan pembentangan pindaan perundangan yang diperlukan untuk memansuhkan hukuman mati mandatori sesi Parlimen ini yang bermula 3hb Oktober. Bagi membuktikan komitmennya untuk...
October 3, 2022
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MEDIA STATEMENT 03 OCTOBER 2022 Amnesty International Malaysia, along with family members of people on death row, eagerly awaits the tabling and adoption of necessary legislative amendments to abolish the mandatory death penalty this session of Parliament, beginning 3 October. To prove its...
October 3, 2022
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On 27 March 2023, two bills – the Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty Bill 2023 and the Revision of Sentence of Death and Imprisonment for Natural Life (Temporary Jurisdiction of the Federal Court) Bill 2023 – were tabled in Parliament to abolish the mandatory death penalty and give...
September 16, 2022
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Kalwant Singh, a Malaysian national, was convicted and sentenced to the mandatory death penalty in 2016 for drug trafficking in 2013. The High Court found him to have been a “courier”, but the prosecution did not provide him with a certificate of substantive assistance, a requirement for the judges...
July 5, 2022
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL QUOTE 10 June 2022 Malaysia: Move to abolish mandatory death penalty is ‘welcome step’ in right direction Responding to the announcement that Malaysia’s Cabinet has decided to work towards abolishing the mandatory death penalty, Amnesty International Malaysia’s Executive...
June 10, 2022