Thursday 17 April 2008

Amnesty International Report on Death Sentences and Executions in 2007


Malaysia is mentioned in the report:

"During 2007, at least 1252 people were executed in 24 countries.
At least 3347
people were sentenced to death in 51 countries.

These were only minimum figures;
the true figures were
certainly higher.

Many countries carry out executions in secret and refuse
to divulge any information
on the use of the death penalty.

Such countries include China, Singapore, Malaysia
and
Mongolia.

The United Nations has repeatedly called for the death
penalty only to
be used in an open and transparent manner."

"Amnesty International remains concerned that
executions
may have taken place in Mongolia
and Malaysia.

However, due to the secretive nature of the use of the death penalty the organization was unable to obtain reliable information."

To read the AI report:

"Index Number: ACT 50/001/2008 Date Published: 15 April 2008

This document details the countries and territories that carried out executions, and the countries and territories that imposed death sentences, in 2007. During 2007, at least 1,252 people were executed in 24 countries. At least 3,347 people were sentenced to death in 51 countries. These were only minimum figures; the true figures were certainly higher. In 2007, 88 per cent of all known executions took place in five countries: China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the USA."

in full, click HERE

Visit the AI Malaysia web site HERE



The Amnesty International Tartan

UPDATE:
Read the comments by Malaysia's Minister of Home Affairs Syed Hamid Albar HERE and the Deputy Inspector General of Police Ismail Omar HERE, it is obvious by their comments that they cannot even read and understand a report written in simple English!

What low calibre ministers and senior police officers Malaysia has, how shamefully embarrassing!

Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est

- Inhumanity is harmful in every age


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