April 8, 2011
23-year-old Malaysian citizen Yong Vui Kong faces the risk of being executed in Singapore. He was sentenced to death in January 2009 for drug-trafficking. Read the statement […]
March 25, 2011
On 24 March 2011, Ruth Dreifuss, Member of the ICDP and former President of Switzerland, accompanied by the Secretary-General of the ICDP Asunta Vivó, met with […]
March 19, 2011
Taiwan executed five prisoners only one year after the resumption of the implementation of the death penalty which put an end to a de facto moratorium […]
March 19, 2011
ccording to information received by the ICDP, three Philippine citizens are facing the risk of execution in China. They were convicted and sentenced to death for […]
March 10, 2011
On the 9 March 2011, Governor Pat Quinn of the US State of Illinois eventually signed the bill into law which brings about the abolition of […]
February 24, 2011
Several organizations have registered a dramatic increase of executions in Iran since the start of the year 2011. According to the Office of the High Commissioner for […]
February 11, 2011
Newly found evidence on the case of Chiang Kuo-ching suggests that the former Air Force private had been wrongfully executed 15 years ago. The case reopens […]
February 7, 2011
On 3-4 February 2011, the International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) met for the second time in Madrid in order to debate on efficient short-, […]
January 28, 2011
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago announced its intent to pass a bill which would enable it to speed up the process of imposing and carrying […]