News & Updates
The Maldives: Withdraw proposed death penalty bill
CPJP joins nine other Maldivian and international human rights organisations in calling on the Maldives to withdraw a new bill that would end the country's longstanding moratorium on executions.
Singapore: Halt imminent execution for cannabis trafficking
A joint statement calling for an immediate halt to tomorrow’s planned execution of Omar bin Yacob Bamadhaj.
Singapore: Malaysian man hanged in unlawful drug-related execution as rights of those on death row violated
A joint statement condemning the execution of Malaysian man Lingkesvaran Rajendaren in Singapore on 11 February 2026.
The Maldives: Joint statement denouncing the expansion of the death penalty for drug-trafficking offences
A joint statement by ADPAN and 17 partner organisations denouncing the decision of the Parliament of the Maldives to expand the scope of the death penalty to drug-trafficking offences.
The Maldives: Reject introduction of the death penalty for drug trafficking and abolish this punishment once and for all
A joint statement by 9 organisations calling on the Government of the Maldives to abandon attempts to increase the use and scope of the death penalty.
2025 World Drug Day
On World Drug Day 2025, 70 organisations call on the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) to take urgent action to end unlawful use of the death penalty for drug-related offences.