As Thailand resumes executions, Australia must push its abolitionist stance
- Written by Amy Maguire, Senior Lecturer in International Law and Human Rights, University of Newcastle
Thailand recently carried out its first execution since 2009. Theerasak Longji had been convicted of aggravated murder.
This execution ends an almost decade-long de facto moratorium on the death penalty in Thailand. Informal moratoriums are often precursors to the abolition of capital punishment, so this is a backward step.
However, despite...
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