Capital punishment in Thailand - Wikipedia
WEBCapital punishment in Thailand is a legal penalty, and the country is, as of 2021, one of 54 nations to retain capital punishment both in legislation and in practice.
Thailand: Resuming Death Penalty a Major Setback
WEBJun 22, 2018 · Human Rights Watch opposes capital punishment in all countries and in all circumstances because of its inherent cruelty. According to the Corrections Department, as of April, there were 517...
Thailand: Country’s first execution since 2009 a deplorable move
WEBJun 19, 2018 · Death Penalty. Responding to the news that Thailand executed a 26-year-old man for aggravated murder on 18 June, in the country’s first execution since August 2009, Katherine Gerson, Amnesty International’s Thailand Campaigner, said:
Whatever happened to Thailand’s abolition of the death penalty?
WEBAug 30, 2018 · Almost a decade since the last execution in Thailand, a 26-year-old man was killed by lethal injection. And though no one is saying why the nation has suddenly reversed its position on capital punishment, rumours that it is connected to the royal succession are difficult to ignore.
Thailand: The Death Penalty Returns - The Organization for World …
WEBJun 23, 2018 · Thailand has ended its de facto moratorium on the use of the death penalty after nine years. Theerasak Longji, a 26-year-old man found guilty of aggravated murder six years ago, was executed by lethal injection on June 18 2018 by Thai authorities. This is the country’s first execution since August 2009.
WEBThe resumption of executions set Thailand against its own recent achievements on the death penalty. Thailand was close to mark ten years without executions, a development that could have allowed Amnesty International to reclassify the country from retentionist to abolitionist in practice as early as 2019.
Thailand: Still dragging feet on death penalty
WEBOct 10, 2018 · First, the Thai government should immediately declare an official moratorium on executions and commute all death sentences. Second, it should immediately repeal all legislation that prescribes capital punishment for offenses (such as drug-related offenses) that do not meet the threshold of the “most serious crimes,” as a key step towards ...
Capital punishment in Thailand - Wikiwand
WEBCapital punishment in Thailand is a legal penalty, and the country is, as of 2021, one of 54 nations to retain capital punishment both in legislation and in practice.
WEBThailand, which has abstained at the vote on most recent UNGA resolutions on a moratorium on the death penalty, is at a critical time in its journey towards abolition. It is close to mark ten years without any executions, in 2019.
Thailand uses lethal injection to execute first prisoner in nearly …
WEBJun 19, 2018 · Theerasak Longji, 26, was executed by lethal injection on Monday, six years after being convicted of aggravated murder for stabbing a 17-year-old 24 times in order to steal his mobile phone....