The United Nations (UN) rights chief said Tuesday Myanmar's junta has likely committed crimes against humanity and urged authorities to stop planned executions, including those of prominent democracy activists.Myanmar's military seized power on 1 February last year, ousting the civilian government and arresting its de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
Four of the world's five top executioners in 2020 were Middle East states, Amnesty International says.
On 10 October, also known as World Day Against the Death Penalty, Malaysia’s minister in charge of law in the Prime Minister’s Department Liew Vui Keong announced that the cabinet has agreed to abolish the death penalty. Vui Keong told the media that the government will table a bill in the next parliament sitting to abolish the death penalty. This comes as a pleasant surprise for many as Malaysia has been actively enforcing the death penalty.
