It is time to abolish the death penalty in Malaysia

On this dialogue, the opening occasion of Amnesty Worldwide Malaysia’s digital week of motion towards the loss of life penalty, Amnesty Worldwide Malaysia speaks to 4 loss of life penalty abolition activists: Angelia Selvam Pranthaman, Chow Ying Ngeow, Kirsten Han and Shamini Darshni Kaliemuthu in Malaysia and Singapore.

Moderated by Amnesty Malaysia govt director Katrina Jorene Maliamauv, the panel mentioned:
• How they bought concerned in loss of life penalty abolition
• Their experiences and journey as activists
• What opposition and backlash they’ve skilled and the way they’ve stayed motivated
• How members of the general public can assist or get entangled in abolition activism
• What the activists wish to see occur subsequent for the abolition motion to develop in Malaysia

MP Kasthuri Patto offered opening remarks on the significance of the abolition of the loss of life penalty in at the moment’s Malaysia.

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Angelia Pranthaman is presently a self-employed life insurance coverage agent. She advocates for the abolition of the loss of life penalty in Malaysia and Asia. She is presently campaigning to avoid wasting her brother, Pannir Selvam and different loss of life row inmates inside Changi Jail, Singapore. Her trigger has led her to collaborate with numerous outstanding authorized figures, organisations, legal professionals, and artists.

Chow Ying Ngeow is a practising lawyer in Malaysia and vice-president of the Civil Rights Committee of the Kuala Lumpur & Selangor Chinese language Meeting Corridor. Chow Ying began her advocacy on the abolition of the loss of life penalty 10 years in the past, with a marketing campaign for clemency for a younger Malaysian sentenced to loss of life in Singapore for drug trafficking. She was a member of the chief committee of the Anti-Demise Penalty Asia Community (Adpan) from 2015 to 2019 and has represented Adpan at numerous worldwide conferences.

Kirsten Han is a Singaporean freelance journalist, an anti-death penalty activist, and curator of the publication We, The Residents. Her work typically revolves across the themes of social justice, human rights, politics and democracy, with by-lines in publications just like the Guardian, the New York Instances, the Washington Put up and Overseas Coverage. She acquired an honourable point out from the World Justice Challenge’s Anthony Lewis Prize for Distinctive Rule of Regulation Journalism in 2018 and a Human Rights Press Award for her commentaries on ‘pretend information’ and freedom of expression in 2019. Her essay “The Silhouette of Oppression” was printed by Epigram Books in 2019.

Shamini Darshni Kaliemuthu joined the Asian Discussion board for Human Rights and Growth (Discussion board-Asia) in March 2020 as its govt director and is presently primarily based in Bangkok. Previous to that, she was with Amnesty Worldwide Malaysia as its govt director, a place she held between June 2013 and February 2020. Shamini is a Chevening scholar, and has a grasp of science in worldwide politics from the College of Oriental and African Research (SOAS), London.

Kasthuri Patto is the incumbent MP for Batu Kawan, Penang since 2013. She is the worldwide secretary for DAP Ladies, member of the parliamentary Choose Committee for Human Rights and Gender Equality, and secretary for Parliamentarians for World Motion (PGA). She is a powerful proponent of human rights, gender equality and the abolition of the loss of life penalty.