Media Quote5 December 2024 Responding to the submitting of a memorandum to the Representative of Malaysia to the AICHR, Edmund Bon urging immediate intervention to seek the commutation of the death sentence imposed on Pannir Selvam Pranthaman and others facing the death penalty in Singapore, Amnesty International Malaysia’s Research and Advocacy Officer, Nicole Fong, said: …
During his trial, Pannir denies any knowledge that he was carrying prohibited drugs. The Singapore High Court judge, in convicting him, found that he was a drug “courier”, as his involvement was only limited to transporting the drugs. However, under Singapore’s Misuse of Drugs Act, the court has the discretion not to impose the death…
Pannir Selvam adalah salah seorang daripada beberapa warganegara Malaysia yang dikenakan hukuman mati di Singapura. Pada tahun 2017, ketika berusia 29 tahun, beliau dijatuhkan hukuman mati mandatori kerana mengimport lebih daripada 50g diamorphine (heroin) – sesuatu kesalahan yang tidak memenuhi ambang “jenayah paling serius” yang mana penggunaan hukuman mati mesti dihadkan, seperti yang didapati di…
Siaran Media Lanjutan 10 Oktober 2024 Pada 10 Oktober 2024, bersempena dengan Hari Menentang Hukuman Mati Sedunia, Amnesty International Malaysia memberi tumpuan kepada Malaysia, Singapura dan negara-negara jiran lain yang terus menggunakan hukuman mati—hukuman paling kejam, tidak berperikemanusiaan dan menjatuhkan maruah— untuk kesalahan berkaitan dadah. Malaysia dan Singapura kini adalah antara hanya 11 negara di…
Press Release 10 October 2024 On 10 October 2024, in conjunction with the World Day Against the Death Penalty , Amnesty International Malaysia is placing the spotlight on Malaysia, Singapore, and other neighbouring countries that continue to use the death penalty—the ultimate cruel, inhuman, and degrading punishment—for drug-related offenses. Malaysia and Singapore are currently among…
Pannir Selvam is one of several Malaysian nationals currently on death row in Singapore. In 2017, aged 29, he was sentenced to the mandatory death penalty for importing just over 50g of diamorphine (heroin) – an offence that does not meet the threshold of the “most serious crimes” to which the use of the death…
Joint Public Statement2 October 2024 Amnesty International MalaysiaThe Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) Between the 18th and 19th of September, members of the Kyoto Bar Association visited Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and met with senior officials from the Legal Affairs Division of the Prime Minister’s Department, legal professionals, and human rights activists to learn about the…
Media Quote 13 August 2024 Responding to the decision of Malaysia’s top court to commute Hoo Yew Wah’s sentence of imprisonment for natural life to 30 years imprisonment, Amnesty International Malaysia’s Executive Director, Katrina Jorene Maliamauv, said: “Amnesty International Malaysia is pleased by the Federal Court’s decision today to set aside Hoo Yew Wah’s sentence…
Amnesty International’s Oral Statement on the consideration of Malaysia’s UPR report at the UN Human Rights Council’s 56th Session from 18 June – 12 July.
KENYATAAN UMUM4 JULAI 2024
PUBLIC STATEMENT4 JULY 2024
Highest number of executions in the lowest number of countries 2023 saw the highest number of executions recorded globally in almost a decade, said Amnesty International today as it released its annual report on the global use of the death penalty, with China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, and the USA being spotlighted as the top…