Rights activists push for ban on death sentences for female convicts
Human rights defenders are calling for an end to capital punishment for women as a next step forward to achieving the universal abolition of death sentences in Thailand.
A public forum hosted by the Union for Civil Liberty (UCL) on Monday (Jan, 14) discussed a proposal to ban the death sentence for female inmates in Thailand, and concluded that executing women is not only ineffective in suppressing crimes but also contributes to additional social problems.
Pratch Rujivanarom
