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...

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...

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...

Iran records highest known execution figure since 2017 Despite regression, 2021 global execution figure represents the second-lowest figure Amnesty International has recorded since at least 2010 Easing of Covid-19 restrictions sees surge in number of recorded death sentences Almost 90 known to have...

28 April 2022 MEDIA QUOTE Responding to police investigations into two separate vigils calling for clemency for Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, who was executed by the Singapore government on 27 April, Katrina Jorene Maliamauv, Executive Director of Amnesty International Malaysia, said: “It is...

On Sunday, February 20th, Malaysian rallied on social media, calling on Prime Minister Ismail Sabri and Law Minister Wan Junaidi to abolish the death penalty in Malaysia. They were responding to reports that the Malaysian Cabinet was expected to convene to determine whether the mandatory death...

On Sunday, February 20th, Malaysian rallied on social media, calling on Prime Minister Ismail Sabri and Law Minister Wan Junaidi to abolish the death penalty in Malaysia. They were responding to reports that the Malaysian Cabinet was expected to convene to determine whether the mandatory death...

Amnesty International commends the recent announcement that the Government of Malaysia is due to deliberate on, with a view to initiating legislative reforms, the findings of the special committee tasked in 2019 with studying alternatives to the death penalty. The organization hereby submits...

The Malaysian government should seize the opportunity of the announced reforms to abolish the death penalty once and for all, Amnesty International Malaysia said at a press conference today.

Kabinet Malaysia dijangka bersidang pada minggu hadapan untuk menentukan sekiranya hukuman mati mandatori patut dimansuhkan untuk beberapa kesalahan.  Menurut laporan berita, Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (Parlimen dan Undang-Undang) Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar telah mengumumkan bahawa Kabinet...

The Malaysian Cabinet is expected to convene this month to determine whether the mandatory death sentence should be repealed for several offenses. Since the moratorium on executions was imposed in 2018, this could be the next big step Malaysia takes towards the goal of complete abolition of the...

The authorities of Singapore have set the execution of Malaysian national Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam for 10 November. In violation of international law and standards, he was sentenced to the mandatory death penalty after he was found guilty of transporting 42.72 grams of diamorphine in April 2009....