News & Updates
Bangladesh: Brutal crackdowns on student protesters resulting in fatalities warrant accountability
Read our joint statement calling on the Bangladeshi government to immediately stop the violent crackdown on student protesters by law enforcement agencies, security forces, and members of the ruling party. Perpetrators should be held accountable through genuine and independent investigations.
China: Judicial guidelines to curtail activism for Taiwan a further blow for human rights protections
We are alarmed by the recent publication by the Chinese authorities of new judicial guidelines providing directives to prosecute and harshly punish, including by the death penalty, those advocating and acting for Taiwan’s independence.
Bangladesh: Government must comply with its obligations to uphold the absolute prohibition of torture and other ill treatment, end impunity and ensure access to justice for victims
On the occasion of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June, we join 11 organisations worldwide to express our grave concerns over continuing acts of torture and other ill-treatment committed by law-enforcement agencies and security forces in Bangladesh.
China: Statement on Dr Yang Hengjun’s suspended death sentence being upheld
Following news that Dr Yang Hengjun’s suspended death sentence has been upheld, we call for immediate action from the Australian Government to make all efforts to bring Dr Yang home.
Tonga: Government must not extend the death penalty to drug-related offences
We are gravely concerned about a debate held in Tonga’s Parliament late last month, which suggests the country may be considering extending the death penalty to drug-related offences.
Bangladesh: Government must work towards abolishing the death penalty
We are deeply concerned to learn of the conviction and death sentence imposed upon Ms Lesedi Molapisi for drug-related offences by a Bangladesh court on 27 May 2024.
CPJP Newsletter
Read our newsletter from 19 May 2024, providing a spotlight on the rising number of executions in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Singapore: Execution warrants issued despite pending legal proceedings
We, the undersigned organisations, call on the state of Singapore to halt executions and declare a moratorium on its use of capital punishment as first steps.
Remembering Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran
Remembering Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran on the ninth anniversary of their deaths by execution in Indonesia.
CPJP Newsletter
Read our newsletter from 21 March 2024, featuring the story of Luke Cook, an Australian man who was exonerated from death row in Thailand with the assistance of CPJP.
China: Yang Hengjun’s decision to waive his rights to an appeal
A statement from Yang Hengjun’s family and friends.
China: Statement on the suspended death sentence for Dr Yang Hengjun
Today’s announcement of a suspended death sentence for Dr Yang Hengjun is another cruel move in a case marred by secrecy and an apparent lack of procedural fairness.
Malaysia: Foreign national’s death sentence upheld in a first for resentencing process
We call on the government of Malaysia to do all that is necessary to ensure the resentencing process for death row prisoners adheres to international standards on the right to a fair trial.
Odhikar: Bangladesh annual human rights report 2023
CPJP partner Odhikar has just released their 2023 human rights report on Bangladesh.
Wide-ranging harms of the ‘War on Drugs’ in the Philippines
On World Day Against the Death Penalty, we are releasing the first of six briefs designed to provide policy advice to combat attempts to reintroduce the death penalty in the Philippines.
