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Myanmar's new president has ordered all death sentences converted to life imprisonment, affecting over 130 prisoners condemned since 2021. The blanket commutation comes as part of a new year amnesty that will also release over 4,300 prisoners.
Across Southeast Asia, countries are taking meaningful steps to reduce and eliminate capital punishment. From Vietnam removing eight offenses from death penalty eligibility to Malaysia forming a working group to study total abolition, the region is slowly embracing reform.
Tom Félix walked free from a Malaysian courtroom Tuesday after being acquitted on drug charges that could have resulted in the death penalty. The 34-year-old Veolia executive spent nearly two and a half years in detention before prosecutors failed to prove their case.