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2022 executions highest in five years, according to Amnesty International

A total of 883 people were known to have been executed in 20 countries, marking a 53% increase from the previous year

Updated: Singapore hangs prisoner over 1 kg of cannabis

Singapore has some of the world's toughest anti-drug laws and insists the death penalty remains an effective deterrent against trafficking

Fighting death penalty

We are persons of peace and at all times we can and should seek peace. (Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, 4 , 5.)  

Eighth World Congress Against the Death Penalty

The World Congress is a source of hope against the backdrop of an impending return of the death penalty to the Philippines

Anti-death penalty lobby lacks numbers, says prison ministry official

“As the struggle against death penalty will go on, let us remain vigilant and stand up for what is right,” he said

Malaysian to be hanged in Singapore after court dismisses appeal

A judge can commute the sentence to life in prison if the offender acted only as a courier and cooperated with authorities

Philippine Catholic bishops remain steadfast against death penalty

Bishop Baylon said the “inalienable dignity of the human person… must never be taken for granted and must not be removed"

Malaysia to abolish mandatory death penalty

Further study would be conducted on what sentences could be substituted for the death penalty

From US death-row cell, he turns to music for salvation

He hopes his love and involvement in jazz will help him escape execution for a murderous crime he insists he did not commit

Amnesty International highlights ‘worrying rise’ in global executions

At least 579 executions were carried out across 18 countries in 2021 -- a 20 percent increase on 2020

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