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Changing Tides on the Death Penalty in Southeast Asia
Original: Changing Tides: Reform and Resistance on the Death Penalty in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Amnesty International has released a report examining the state of capital punishment across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, documenting both reform efforts and continued resistance to abolition among member states. The report highlights shifting attitudes toward the death penalty in parts of the region, while some ASEAN governments retain and carry out executions amid ongoing human rights scrutiny.
Why now: A major human rights organisation has just published a regional report drawing attention to divided practices on the death penalty across ASEAN countries.
Evidence
- Changing Tides: Reform and Resistance on the Death Penalty in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) · Amnesty International USA
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