News & Updates
Singapore: Authorities must end human rights crackdown and unlawful drug related executions
Read our joint statement with six allied organisations who are greatly alarmed at the deteriorating human rights situation in Singapore, including executions for drug related offences and further restrictions on anti-death penalty activists.
Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh: Government must hold perpetrators accountable, ensure justice and reparation for victims, survivors, and their families
A joint statement on the situation of enforced disappearances in Bangladesh in commemoration of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances 2024.
Singapore: Authorities must end executions and stop targeting anti-death penalty activists to curb criticism
Read our joint statement with six allied organisations who are gravely concerned by developments in Singapore since early August 2024. The authorities carried out two executions in violation of international safeguards and limited the right to freedom of expression of a local NGO.
Bangladesh: Brutal crackdowns on student protesters resulting in fatalities warrant accountability
Read our joint statement calling on the Bangladeshi government to immediately stop the violent crackdown on student protesters by law enforcement agencies, security forces, and members of the ruling party. Perpetrators should be held accountable through genuine and independent investigations.
China: Judicial guidelines to curtail activism for Taiwan a further blow for human rights protections
We are alarmed by the recent publication by the Chinese authorities of new judicial guidelines providing directives to prosecute and harshly punish, including by the death penalty, those advocating and acting for Taiwan’s independence.
Bangladesh: Government must comply with its obligations to uphold the absolute prohibition of torture and other ill treatment, end impunity and ensure access to justice for victims
On the occasion of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June, we join 11 organisations worldwide to express our grave concerns over continuing acts of torture and other ill-treatment committed by law-enforcement agencies and security forces in Bangladesh.
Tonga: Government must not extend the death penalty to drug-related offences
We are gravely concerned about a debate held in Tonga’s Parliament late last month, which suggests the country may be considering extending the death penalty to drug-related offences.
Bangladesh: Government must work towards abolishing the death penalty
We are deeply concerned to learn of the conviction and death sentence imposed upon Ms Lesedi Molapisi for drug-related offences by a Bangladesh court on 27 May 2024.
Singapore: Execution warrants issued despite pending legal proceedings
We, the undersigned organisations, call on the state of Singapore to halt executions and declare a moratorium on its use of capital punishment as first steps.
Malaysia: Foreign national’s death sentence upheld in a first for resentencing process
We call on the government of Malaysia to do all that is necessary to ensure the resentencing process for death row prisoners adheres to international standards on the right to a fair trial.
Bangladesh: Government must cease enforced disappearances, stop harassment of the victims’ families and hold perpetrators accountable
This week we join eleven organisations worldwide, calling for Bangladesh to remediate recent human rights violations.
Joint call for Singapore to halt executions immediately
This week we issue a joint statement in relation to the two scheduled executions in Singapore, including the first time in almost twenty years that a woman will be executed.
Joint statement on the death penalty and human rights of women and LGBTQIA+ individuals
A joint statement on the death penalty and intersectionality on the 20th world day against the death penalty.
Bangladesh: Stop Punishing Human Rights
Bangladeshi authorities should immediately reverse their decision to deregister prominent human rights organization, Odhikar, eleven organizations said.
Joint Statement Opposing Executions in Singapore
Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM), Responsible Business Initiative for Justice, Eleos Justice, Capital Punishment Justice Project (CPJP) and Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) are dismayed that Singapore has scheduled two executions for Wednesday, 16th February.
Joint Written Statement to The 49th Session of The UN Human Rights Council
In Bangladesh, human rights defenders have faced increased criminalization. Many have been charged with documenting cases of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and other human rights violations.
Papua New Guinea Repeals the Death Penalty
Capital Punishment Justice Project (CPJP), Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) and Eleos Justice commend the decision on 21 January 2022 by the Parliament of Papua New Guinea (PNG) to repeal the death penalty.
Joint Statement on Sentencing of Sri Lankan Prison Superintendent to The Death Penalty
Colombo High Court Special Trial-at-Bar sentenced former Welikada Magazine Prison Superintendent Emil Ranjan Lamahewage to death in relation to the 2012 Welikada Prison incident.
Bangladesh: Immediate Moratorium on Executions Must Be Imposed
Capital Punishment Justice Project joins Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) and International Federation of Human Rights in urging Bangladesh to immediately halt the impending execution of Shukur Ali, in violation of his right to a fair trial and in total disregard of due process.
Singapore: Halt Impending Execution of Intellectually Disabled Person
Capital Punishment Justice Project joins 27 organisations and networks and counsel M. Ravi in urging the Singaporean Government to immediately halt the impending execution of Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam.