International groups are criticizing the decision of the Papua New Guinea government to consider extending existing laws on the death penalty.

The decision comes in the wake of a series of violent attacks especially the murder of four young children by their mother in the Western Highlands of PNG.

The case has shocked the PNG community and led Attorney General Dr Alan Marat to ask his department to revise and update existing regulations on the death penalty.

The decision has angered human rights groups who are calling on the government to abolish, rather than extend the death penalty.

2SER’s Nic Christensen spoke with Andrew Beswick from Amnesty International.