Singapore’s death row ‘main element of its drug policy’
1 year, 7 months ago

Singapore’s death row ‘main element of its drug policy’

Al Jazeera  

Dozens of people face hanging for drug offences in Singapore and the city-state has shown no sign it will soften its approach. Singapore’s use of the death penalty was once again thrust into the global spotlight last month when Tangaraju Suppiah became the first person to be executed in the city-state this year. “It shows that the Singapore government is very committed to the death penalty being the main element of its drug policy”, said Sara Kowal, vice president of the Capital Punishment Justice Project in Australia. The Ministry has also defended the use of the death penalty, arguing that capital punishment is “an essential component of Singapore’s criminal justice system and has been effective in keeping Singapore safe and secure”. In 2021, Masoud’s sister signed a public letter calling on Singapore’s President Halimah Yacob to abolish the death penalty.

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Singapore steps up executions and pressure on anti-death penalty groups
1 week, 2 days ago

Singapore steps up executions and pressure on anti-death penalty groups

Al Jazeera  

Singapore has executed nine people so far this year and dozens more are on death row for drug trafficking offences. ‘Losing another son, he couldn’t accept it’ Like almost all of Singapore’s prisoners on death row, Masoud was convicted for drug offences. Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau said the fact that Masoud’s execution was carried out in advance of the upcoming …

Singapore hangs 4th person in three weeks
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Singapore hangs 4th person in three weeks

Raw Story  

Singapore hanged a 35-year-old Singaporean-Iranian man for drug trafficking on Friday, its fourth in less than a month, despite appeals from Tehran to "reconsider" his execution. Calling him "an Iranian citizen", Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi also appealed to his Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan on Thursday to halt the execution. "Araghchi expressed Iran's respect for Singapore's legal framework but appealed …

Singapore hangs drug trafficker, third such execution in a week
1 month ago

Singapore hangs drug trafficker, third such execution in a week

Al Jazeera  

Southeast Asian city-state is among a handful of countries that impose the death penalty for drug offences. Rosman Abdullah, 55, was executed for trafficking 57.43 grams of heroin into the Southeast Asian city-state, Singapore’s drug enforcement agency said on Friday. Rosman’s hanging at Singapore’s Changi Prison comes exactly a week after the execution of a 39-year-old Malaysian and a 53-year-old …

Families of the executed appeal to ‘heartless’ Singapore for change
1 year, 2 months ago

Families of the executed appeal to ‘heartless’ Singapore for change

Al Jazeera  

Delivering a petition to the home affairs ministry, families call for s moratorium on executions and review of the death penalty. Singapore – Family members of prisoners on Singapore’s death row are calling on the government to bring an immediate moratorium on executions and implement a review of the city state’s use of the death penalty. Relatives of executed prisoners …

Singapore executes third prisoner in 2 weeks for drug trafficking
1 year, 4 months ago

Singapore executes third prisoner in 2 weeks for drug trafficking

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Singapore hanged a third prisoner …

Singapore has executed a woman for the first time in nearly two decades
1 year, 4 months ago

Singapore has executed a woman for the first time in nearly two decades

NPR  

Singapore has executed a woman for the first time in nearly two decades Enlarge this image toggle caption Vincent Thian/AP Vincent Thian/AP MANILA, Philippines — Singapore has executed its first woman in nearly two decades for drug trafficking, amid protests from anti-death penalty advocates that say the punishment doesn't deter the use or availability of drugs. Sponsor Message Despite an …

Singapore to hang woman on Friday — the first in 19 years
1 year, 4 months ago

Singapore to hang woman on Friday — the first in 19 years

The Hindu  

Singapore executed a man Wednesday for drug trafficking and is set to hang a woman Friday — the first in 19 years — prompting renewed calls for a halt to capital punishment. Mohammed Aziz Hussain, 56, was hanged at Singapore’s Changi Prison and has been buried, said activist Kirsten Han of Transformative Justice Collective, which advocates for abolishing the death …

First in 20 years: Singapore to execute woman for selling 30g heroin
1 year, 4 months ago

First in 20 years: Singapore to execute woman for selling 30g heroin

Firstpost  

The country has witnessed a total of 15 drug-related executions since March 2022. Singapore maintains some of the strictest anti-drug laws globally, asserting that these measures are essential to safeguard society Human rights advocates have reported that Singapore is set to execute a woman for the first time in nearly 20 years. However, concerns from human rights organizations and figures …

Singapore executes man for helping buy 2 pounds of cannabis
1 year, 7 months ago

Singapore executes man for helping buy 2 pounds of cannabis

Associated Press  

HONG KONG — Singapore on Wednesday executed a man accused of coordinating a cannabis delivery, despite pleas for clemency from his family and protests from activists that he was convicted on weak evidence. Tangaraju was hanged Wednesday morning and his family was given the death certificate, according to a tweet from activist Kirsten Han of the Transformative Justice Collective, which …

Singapore hangs man for coordinating delivery of a kilo of marijuana
1 year, 7 months ago

Singapore hangs man for coordinating delivery of a kilo of marijuana

LA Times  

Anti-death penalty activists hold candles outside the Singaporean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Wednesday. Tangaraju was hanged Wednesday morning, and his family was given the death certificate, according to a tweet from activist Kirsten Han of the Transformative Justice Collective, which advocates for abolishing the death penalty in Singapore. In a statement, the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network condemned Tangaraju’s …

Family pleads for clemency ahead of Singapore drug execution
1 year, 7 months ago

Family pleads for clemency ahead of Singapore drug execution

Al Jazeera  

Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, was convicted in the city-state in 2018 but his family says he did not have adequate legal counsel. “It really disadvantages people who might not have the language skills or the education level to advocate for themselves in that situation when they don’t have lawyers who are looking out for their interests.” Tangaraju’s family have desperately tried …

Singapore to Hang Tamil Man Next Week over Possession of 1kg Marijuana
1 year, 8 months ago

Singapore to Hang Tamil Man Next Week over Possession of 1kg Marijuana

News 18  

A Singaporean man is scheduled to be hanged next week for conspiring to smuggle a kilogram of cannabis, rights groups said, in the city-state’s first execution in six months. “If carried out, this execution would be in violation of international law and in stubborn defiance of continued outcry over Singapore’s use of the death penalty,” a spokesperson from Amnesty’s regional …

Singapore’s pre-execution photos seek to soften a policy activists say doesn’t work
2 years, 2 months ago

Singapore’s pre-execution photos seek to soften a policy activists say doesn’t work

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Nazira Lajim Hertslet can’t help but gush over pictures of her brother Nazeri. “We need to stop and ask if the death penalty is really working in deterring people from trafficking drugs into Singapore as the government says it does.” The drug trade Under Singapore’s Misuse of Drugs Act, anyone caught trafficking or importing or exporting …

Singapore executions under scrutiny as more hanged for drugs
2 years, 4 months ago

Singapore executions under scrutiny as more hanged for drugs

Al Jazeera  

Questions being asked over speed of executions, legal representation for late stage cases, and ethnicities of the condemned. “The speed of these executions this year is really astonishing,” said Kirsten Han, a Singaporean who campaigns against the death penalty, adding that it seems like the government is trying to “clear a backlog”. He describes the recent surge in capital punishment …

Singapore Hangs Indian-origin Malaysian Drug Trafficker Amid Outcry Over Executions
2 years, 5 months ago

Singapore Hangs Indian-origin Malaysian Drug Trafficker Amid Outcry Over Executions

News 18  

Kalwant Singh, an Indian-origin Malaysian drug trafficker, was executed in Singapore on Thursday after a top court rejected his last-minute effort to escape the gallows, over two months after authorities hanged a mentally challenged Indian-Malaysian drug trafficker. Apart from Singh’s execution in Changi Prison in Singapore, Norasharee Gous, a Singaporean national, was also hanged for drug trafficking. On April 27, …

Despite Public Outcry, Singapore To Execute Another Alleged Drug Trafficker Kalwant Singh
2 years, 5 months ago

Despite Public Outcry, Singapore To Execute Another Alleged Drug Trafficker Kalwant Singh

News 18  

A Malaysian drug trafficker is due to be hanged in Singapore next week, campaigners said Friday, two months after the execution of a mentally disabled man in the city-state sparked outrage. Kalwant Singh, who was convicted in 2016 of trafficking heroin into the city-state, is scheduled to be executed on Thursday, Singapore-based activists and advocacy group Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network …

Singapore executes Malaysian despite pleas he was disabled
2 years, 7 months ago

Singapore executes Malaysian despite pleas he was disabled

Associated Press  

SINGAPORE — Singapore on Wednesday executed a Malaysian man convicted of drug smuggling after a court dismissed a last-minute challenge from his mother and international pleas to spare him on grounds he was mentally disabled. “Zero to Singapore on this.” Nagaenthran’s supporters and lawyers said he had an IQ of 69 and was intellectually disabled, and that the execution of …

Singapore executes Malaysian man with intellectual disability despite international outcry
2 years, 7 months ago

Singapore executes Malaysian man with intellectual disability despite international outcry

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Officials in Singapore executed a …

Malaysian Nagaenthran executed on drugs charges in Singapore
2 years, 7 months ago

Malaysian Nagaenthran executed on drugs charges in Singapore

Al Jazeera  

Execution comes the morning after mother’s last-ditch effort to save her intellectually disabled son was dismissed. Nagaenthran’s case has drawn global attention to Singapore’s continued use of the death penalty, particularly in drug trafficking cases, and sparked renewed debate in the city-state itself. M Ravi, a lawyer who previously represented Nagaenthran, expressed his grief over Wednesday’s execution on Twitter, saying: …

Singapore executes intellectually disabled man for drug trafficking after rejecting appeal
2 years, 7 months ago

Singapore executes intellectually disabled man for drug trafficking after rejecting appeal

CNN  

CNN — A man with intellectual disabilities was executed in Singapore on Wednesday, his family’s lawyer said, after a long campaign for clemency failed, putting the city-state’s zero-tolerance drug laws back under scrutiny. Dharmalingam’s case drew international attention – including from the United Nations, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and British billionaire Richard Branson – who decried the court’s …

The death penalty: Never justifiable, never acceptable
2 years, 8 months ago

The death penalty: Never justifiable, never acceptable

Al Jazeera  

The Global Commission on Drug Policy strongly believes the death penalty is not the appropriate response to any offence, including those related to drugs. The Global Commission on Drug Policy reiterates that the use of the death penalty for drug-related offences does not meet the threshold of “most serious crimes” – for the purposes of article 6 of the International …

Singapore court rejects Malaysian’s death row appeal
2 years, 8 months ago

Singapore court rejects Malaysian’s death row appeal

Al Jazeera  

Singapore’s appeals court has rejected a last-minute bid by Nagaenthran Dharmalingam’s lawyers who argued the Malaysian should not be hanged because of his learning disabilities. They rejected affidavits from Nagaenthran’s brother and lawyer describing his disorientation and confusion, saying the two were not qualified to assess an individual’s mental state and were “interested parties”. Transformative Justice Collective, a group working …

Singapore president stops execution of 2 death row inmates
2 years, 10 months ago

Singapore president stops execution of 2 death row inmates

Associated Press  

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Singapore’s president has ordered a delay in the execution of two men sentenced to death who are believed to be mentally disabled, a lawyer said Thursday. The order from President Halimah Yacob came after lawyers for the two men filed a new legal bid to stop their hanging after losing several previous appeals. The case resembles …

2 on death row in Singapore lose appeal, renew legal bid
2 years, 10 months ago

2 on death row in Singapore lose appeal, renew legal bid

Associated Press  

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Two death row inmates in Singapore lost another appeal Wednesday against their pending execution on the grounds they were mentally disabled, but their family filed a fresh legal bid to save them. Lawyer M.Ravi said Singapore’s High Court rejected an application to review the executions that had been scheduled for Wednesday but stayed the order pending …

Singapore to rule Tuesday on disabled Malaysian’s execution
3 years ago

Singapore to rule Tuesday on disabled Malaysian’s execution

Associated Press  

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Singapore’s top court will decide Tuesday on the fate of a Malaysian man on death row who is believed to be mentally disabled, his family and a rights group said Friday. “Naga is at risk of imminent execution even though he should be protected from the death penalty because of his intellectual disability, and as a …

Nagaenthran case puts Singapore’s death penalty in spotlight
3 years, 1 month ago

Nagaenthran case puts Singapore’s death penalty in spotlight

Al Jazeera  

Malaysian with intellectual disability remains on death row after positive COVID test, as campaign for a reprieve captures public attention. Singapore – Nagaenthran Dharmalingam remains confined to a cell in Singapore’s Changi Prison, living on death row as he has been over the past 11 years. But this case has reignited the debate about Singapore’s death penalty. “The fact that …

Singaporean woman faces execution in China as family launches last desperate appeal
3 years, 11 months ago

Singaporean woman faces execution in China as family launches last desperate appeal

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — The first Ismiraldha Abdullah knew that her mother might be in trouble was when she came home from school in Singapore to find her aunt sobbing, holding a letter in Chinese. It was October 2015 and the letter said Ismiraldha’s mother, Siti Aslinda Binte Junaidi, had been arrested in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen on …

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