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Privy Council holds Presidential commutation can remedy breach of Constitutional rights, but process must be fair
July 2017Today, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London delivered judgment in the appeal of Dexter Lendore, Evans Xavier and nine others, a major test case from Trinidad and Tobago. The case will affect approximately 60 prisoners who have ... read more »
Imminent execution of Malaysian national in Singapore
July 2017*UPDATE* Prabagaran Srivijayan was executed at 06:00 (Singapore) on Friday 14th July 2017. In the early hours of Friday morning, 14th July 2017, Singapore will execute Prabagaran Srivijayan, a 29 year old Malaysian male facing the death penalty. His case ... read more »
Legal provision restricting the right to appeal in death penalty cases struck down as a denial of due process
June 2017In a judgment delivered today, the Privy Council has found unconstitutional a law excluding death row prisoners in St Vincent and the Grenadines (St Vincent) from applying for an extension of time to have their case reviewed by a higher ... read more »
British man avoids death penalty after being acquitted of murder in Kenya
June 2017A British national who was facing the mandatory death penalty for the alleged murder of his girlfriend in Kenya was acquitted on 8th June 2017, as the trial court judge found that the accused had no case to answer, having ... read more »
Mental disorder, the death penalty and international standards in Taiwan
June 2017On 30th May – 2nd June 2017, Co-Executive Director, Saul Lehrfreund, and forensic psychiatrist, Dr Richard Latham, were in Taiwan engaging policymakers and judges and medical professionals on the death penalty, mental disorder and human rights in the criminal justice ... read more »
