Amnesty International recorded 657 executions in 20 countries in 2019, a decrease of 5% compared to 2018 (at least 690).This is the lowest number of executions that Amnesty International has recorded in at least a decade. The death penalty remains a controversial and divisive topic in Singapore. Zimbabwe: 2005: n/a Global death penalty figures. Amnesty International recorded 657 executions in 20 countries in 2019, a decrease of 5% compared to 2018 (at least 690).This is the lowest number of executions that Amnesty International has recorded in at least a decade. Zambia: 1997 n/a Death penalty for murder; aggravated robbery; high treason. President Levy Mwanawasa stated in 2004 that "For as long as I remain President, I will not execute a death warrant." Malaysia has 1275 people on death row, according to Amnesty's report, but has been debating the abolition of the penalty, while Indonesia has more than 300 people on death …

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Singapore.It is applied in practice mainly for murder and drug-related crimes, and executions are carried out by hanging.. The wealthy South East Asian city-state prides itself on its safe reputation and low crime rate. The wealthy South East Asian city-state prides itself on its safe reputation and low crime rate. Global death penalty figures. The death penalty remains a controversial and divisive topic in Singapore. In 2019 mandatory death penalty was abolished by law. SINGAPORE: Singapore on Friday (Nov 22) underlined its sovereign right to use the death penalty against drug offenders and said that it expects other countries to … Singapore surveys attitudes toward death penalty amid calls for abolition Globally, Amnesty recorded the lowest number of executions in the past decade in 2018. In 2019, we published updated country reports on death penalty laws and practices in Zimbabwe, Papua New Guinea, the United States, and Mauritania. Two men sentenced to death for multiple murders have been executed in Japan -- the first time the death penalty has been used in the country this year. Singapore, which has warned against a global trend to ease drug laws, reported 13 executions in 2018 - 11 for drug offences. The Saudi authorities put 184 people to death last year, the highest number Amnesty has ever recorded in a single year in the country. In terms of total executions, 1.8 times more executions were carried out in the 2014-2019 period compared to 2007-2011. In terms of total executions, 1.8 times more executions were carried out in the 2014-2019 period compared to 2007-2011. Minister for Home Affairs and Law K Shanmugam said at a forum in 2017: You have to focus on reducing supply and the death penalty comes within the context of trying to reduce the supply by making it clear to traffickers that if they get caught, they will face the death penalty.

Saudi Arabia executed a record number of people in 2019, despite an overall decline in executions worldwide, Amnesty International said in its 2019 global review of the death penalty published today. Singapore also retains the mandatory death penalty, in certain circumstances, for murder and drug trafficking, contrary to international safeguards and restrictions on the use of the death penalty. This point is crucial as the import into Singapore of the amount and type of drugs found in Pannir Selvam’s possession (more than 15g of diamorphine) carries a mandatory death penalty, which means the judge must hand down the death sentence if an accused is found guilty. SINGAPORE - A delivery driver, who failed to convince a high court judge that he did not know he was delivering drugs instead of contraband cigarettes, has been handed the death penalty … ... Fri August 2, 2019 . Death penalty in 2019 facts and figures. Global death penalty figures. According to comparable public opinion surveys done in Malaysia in 2012 and Singapore in 2016, both countries demonstrated pro-death penalty attitudes for murder (91% in Malaysia, 92.2% in Singapore), drug trafficking (74-80% in Malaysia, 86.9% in Singapore), and firearms offences (83% in Malaysia and 88.8% in Singapore). Brunei declared a moratorium on executions in May 2019, after international outcry on its planned implementation of penal code provisions stipulating stoning as a method of execution for same-sex relations. “At a time when global attention is focused on saving and protecting lives in a pandemic, the pursuit of the death penalty is all the more abhorrent.” Background. Unlike the new Malaysia, Singapore maintains an uncompromising stance on the death penalty. On 20 May 2020, a spokesperson for Singapore’s Supreme Court confirmed that a Malaysian national received a death sentence for his conviction on drugs trafficking charges. Death penalty in 2019: Facts and figures.