In a teeming cell of Phnom Penh's women's prison, baby Tevy was injured — a fracture to her thighbone, allegedly inflicted by a female prisoner. Thailand's Supreme Court upholds death penalty for men convicted of murdering British backpackers . Published on May 30, 2020. The Death Penalty: The debate regarding the death penalty is an issue that has continued to attract huge controversies in the past few years. By Helen Regan and Angie Puranasamriddhi, CNN. DPIC SPECIAL REPORTS. DPIC Analysis — At Least 1, 300 Prisoners are on U.S. Death Rows in Violation of U.S. Human Rights Obligations. HE is considering implementing the death penalty in Cambodia. Cambodia Death Penalty News Monitoring. Sochua said death penalty may have been abolished in Cambodia, but corruption is prevalent in its democratic institutions like the military, police and the courts. Amelia’s body has now been taken to the Cambodian mainland for an autopsy. Cambodia's police chief said drowning was the likely cause of death. At least 1, 300 pris­on­ers have been incar­cer­at­ed on U.S. death rows for more than two decades, in vio­la­tion of U.S. human rights oblig­a­tions, a Death Penalty Information Center analy­sis of death-row demo­graph­ic data has found. Consequently, public opinion about the death penalty has relatively changed in the recent years though this concept has less support unlike mid-1990s. 2 Replies 708 Views Last post by Sidewalker Mon Mar 11, 2019 8:41 am Slavery on Southeast Asian seas. The death penalty adds more friction in the relationship between Australia and its biggest trading partner. Per Amnesty International's 2017 death penalty annual report, "Amnesty International recorded at least 993 executions in 23 countries in 2017, down by 4% from 2016 (1,032 executions) and 39% from 2015 (when the organization reported 1,634 executions, the highest number since 1989)." The death penalty was abolished in Cambodia, but the Law on the Control of Drugs bodes ill for those caught with controlled substances, at least on paper. “The death penalty has no place in the 21st century.” UN Secretary-General Ant ónio Guterres ’ remark reflects the global trend away from capital punishment. Get by Email • RSS. Find out what Amnesty is doing to abolish the death penalty everywhere. Jun 22, 2020. Five-month-old Tevy was born and died in prison amid Cambodia's war on drugs. Despite capital punishment being made illegal in Cambodia in 1989 (making it something of an anomaly in Southeast Asia, where state-enforced murder is widely sanctioned) local media reported that his idea was certainly popular among social media users.