The National Assembly, the country’s lawmaking body, unanimously ratified the amendment to the Criminal Code earlier on Wednesday to abolish the death penalty for the crimes, it said in a ...

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) commended Vietnam’s National Assembly on Friday for its decision to abolish the death penalty for eight criminal offenses while also ...

Vietnam’s 15th National Assembly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to abolish the death penalty for eight categories of criminal offenses: embezzlement, bribery, counterfeiting medicines, espionage, ...

Virginia's Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam supports abolishing the death penalty, and after the Senate's vote on Wednesday, said he looks forward to signing the bill.

IT is a welcome step, albeit one that feels insufficient in its scope. The Senate last week passed a bill to abolish the death penalty for two specific offences — ie, harbouring hijackers and ...

The call came after the Senate on July 18 approved the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, which stipulated replacing the death ...

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Nigeria’s death row has hit 3,688, but executions are stalled as governors refuse to ...

Cornell’s Death Penalty Worldwide Institute Training ‘A Network of African Lawyers’ To Fight Against Capital Punishment By Amina Kilpatrick Jun 25, 2018 7:26 pm Reading time: about 3 minutes ...

Vietnam will remove the death penalty for eight offences from next month, including embezzlement and activities aimed at overthrowing the government, parliament said on Wednesday, sparing the life of ...