Last-Minute Pleas Pour In to Stop Indonesia’s Execution of Two Australian Drug Smugglers

Time is quickly running out for convicted Australian drug smugglers Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, who face execution in Indonesia. They are part of the Bali Nine, who were arrested in 2005 in Denpasar. Pleas for presidential clemency and judicial reviews have been rejected. The Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he has done everything […]

1 min read

Actress Petitions Junta To Execute Rapists

BANGKOK — The famous Thai actress Panadda Wongphudee has submitted a petition to the military junta calling for punishing convicted rapists with the death penalty. Ms. Panadda said that more than 110,000 people signed the petition, which was addressed to Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, chairman of the junta’s National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO). Read […]

1 min read