[lbo-talk] Singapore

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Oct 3 06:09:31 PDT 2012


On Oct 3, 2012, at 8:58 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:


> Capital punishment is the norm outside EU, so why mentioning it regarding Singapore?

Hardly.

http://www.amnesty.org/en/death-penalty/abolitionist-and-retentionist-countries

More than 2/3 of the world's countries have abolished the DP in law or practice. As a "retentionist," the USA is in some august company:

Countries and territories that retain the death penalty for ordinary crimes

Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Botswana, Chad, China, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cuba, Dominica, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Malaysia, Nigeria, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad And Tobago, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States Of America, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zimbabwe



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