US Attorney-General Pam Bondi said it was part of Donald Trump’s agenda “to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again”.
Some say the death penalty is an ineffective deterrent to drug trafficking. Singapore’s experience suggests otherwise.
Peaceful protest is a fundamental right in democratic states. Singapore,though,has a bob each way.
The order,made four weeks before he hands over power to Donald Trump,does not apply to cases of terrorism or hate-motivated mass murder.
Days after five members of the Bali Nine returned to Australia,a parliamentary inquiry has warned that more oversight is needed for federal police tasked with overseas co-operation.
I fought for Van Nguyen 19 years ago. Despite a worldwide trend away from the death penalty for drugs,Singapore continues to execute people – including four in the past month.
The 88-year-old former boxer was wrongly accused of a quadruple murder in 1966 with help from fabricated evidence.
Indonesian authorities have been hunting accused drug trafficker Gregor Johann Haas since December last year. They arrested him on Wednesday with help from Philippine police.
The court found Truong My Lan ran an orchestrated criminal enterprise that had serious consequences,with no possibility of the money being recovered.
Human rights groups estimate there are 5000 foreigners in Chinese jails. At least 50 of them are Australian,including Australian man Yang Hengjun.