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 mentally disabled Malaysian national convicted of drug trafficking despite pleas seeking clemency for him from across the world citing his poor mental condition. Hanging an intellectually disabled, mentally unwell man because he was coerced into carrying less than three tablespoons of diamorphine is unjustifiable and a flagrant violation of international laws that Singapore has chosen to sign up to,” Maya Foa, director of Reprieve, a human rights organisation said. An eleventh-hour appeal was made by Dharmalingam’s mother who challenged the execution on Monday, stating that it was unconstitutional to proceed with his death sentence and that he may not have been given a fair trial but it was rejected by the court on the grounds of being “vexatious” and “frivolous”. British billionaire Richard Branson, actor-broadcaster Stephen Fry, disability-rights activist Timothy Shriver and several UN experts had appealed for mercy for Dharmalingam to Singapore’s president Halimah Yacob and PM Lee Hsien Loong but without any avail.

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Singapore steps up executions and pressure on anti-death penalty groups
1 week, 3 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 hangs 2nd citizen in 3 weeks for trafficking cannabis despite calls to halt executions
1 year, 7 months ago

Singapore hangs 2nd citizen in 3 weeks for trafficking cannabis despite calls to halt executions

Associated Press  

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Singapore on Wednesday hanged another citizen for trafficking cannabis, the second in three weeks, as it clung firmly to the death penalty despite growing calls for the city-state to halt drug-related executions. The 37-year-old man was executed after his last-ditch bid to reopen his case was dismissed by the court Tuesday without a hearing, said activist …

Singapore hangs man for trafficking 1.5kg of cannabis
1 year, 7 months ago

Singapore hangs man for trafficking 1.5kg of cannabis

Al Jazeera  

The execution is the second in three weeks and comes amid growing concern at the city state’s use of the death penalty for drug offences. The man, who was not named because his family asked for privacy, was convicted in 2019 of trafficking about 1.5 kilogrammes of cannabis, said Kokila Annamalai of the Transformative Justice Collective, which campaigns for the …

Singapore hangs second man in three weeks for trafficking marijuana
1 year, 7 months ago

Singapore hangs second man in three weeks for trafficking marijuana

LA Times  

Singapore on Wednesday hanged another citizen for trafficking marijuana, the second in three weeks, as it clung firmly to the death penalty despite growing calls for the city-state to halt drug-related executions. The 37-year-old man was executed after his last-ditch bid to reopen his case was dismissed by a court Tuesday without a hearing, said activist Kokila Annamalai of the …

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 …

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 trafficking 1kg of cannabis
1 year, 7 months ago

Singapore hangs man for trafficking 1kg of cannabis

Al Jazeera  

Family of Tangaraju Suppiah had pleaded for clemency, saying he had not had adequate legal counsel or an interpreter. Singapore has hanged 46-year-old Tangaraju Suppiah who was found guilty in 2018 of trafficking more than 1kg of cannabis, despite last-minute appeals for clemency from his family and activists. Human Rights Watch Deputy Asia Director Phil Robertson deplored the execution and …

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 …

Indian-origin man executed in Singapore over drugs trafficking: Report
1 year, 7 months ago

Indian-origin man executed in Singapore over drugs trafficking: Report

Hindustan Times  

Singapore on Wednesday executed a 46-year-old Indian-origin drug trafficker, a day after his 11th-hour appeal was rejected by a court here. 3.5 times pre-Covid count A statement by the Singapore Prison Service on Wednesday said that Tangaraju "had his capital sentence carried out today at Changi Prison Complex", Channel News Asia reported. Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs said on Tuesday …

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, …

Singapore urged to halt hanging of Indian-origin Malaysian drug trafficker
2 years, 5 months ago

Singapore urged to halt hanging of Indian-origin Malaysian drug trafficker

Firstpost  

The execution of another Malaysian in late April sparked an international outcry because he was believed to be mentally disabled Kuala Lumpur: Anti-death penalty activists in Malaysia urged Singapore’s government on Monday to halt the execution of a convicted Indian-origin Malaysian drug trafficker this week, the second in less than three months. The hanging in April of Indian-origin Malaysian drug …

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 …

Death sentences on the rise in post-coup Myanmar while China executes in secret, new Amnesty International report says
2 years, 7 months ago

Death sentences on the rise in post-coup Myanmar while China executes in secret, new Amnesty International report says

ABC  

Ye Yint Aung remembers listening to Myanmar's first hip-hop album almost every day after primary school. Key points: There has been an 'alarming' rise in death sentences handed down in Myanmar Amnesty International believes China is executing thousands, but official numbers are unknown Human rights groups are calling on Australia to be more vocal about abolishing the death penalty in …

‘Executed Indian-origin Malaysian accorded full due process under law’
2 years, 7 months ago

‘Executed Indian-origin Malaysian accorded full due process under law’

The Hindu  

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan have told their Malaysian counterparts that Indian-origin Malaysian drug trafficker Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, who was executed on Wednesday, had been accorded full due process under the law, the Channel News Asia reported. Malaysian state news agency Bernama reported on Wednesday that Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and …

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 specially-enabled Indian-origin Malaysian drug trafficker
2 years, 7 months ago

Singapore executes specially-enabled Indian-origin Malaysian drug trafficker

Firstpost  

Dharmalingam, 34, was convicted for importing 42.72 grams of heroin in 2009, when he was caught at Woodlands Checkpoint while entering Singapore Singapore: Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a mentally disabled Indian-origin Malaysian man convicted in a drug trafficking case, was executed in Singapore on Wednesday, his family told the media after his mother’s appeal was dismissed by Court of Appeal on Tuesday. …

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 …

Disabled man set to be executed in Singapore as final appeal rejected
2 years, 7 months ago

Disabled man set to be executed in Singapore as final appeal rejected

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. Mr Dharmalingam’s lawyer M Ravi confirmed the sentence on …

Singapore to execute drug trafficking convict with mental disability despite international concerns
2 years, 8 months ago

Singapore to execute drug trafficking convict with mental disability despite international concerns

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. Soon after officials confirmed the execution date, Mr Ravi …

Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam: Singapore court rejects Malaysian man’s final appeal against execution
2 years, 8 months ago

Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam: Singapore court rejects Malaysian man’s final appeal against execution

CNN  

CNN — A Singapore court on Tuesday rejected a final appeal by a man sentenced to death for drug trafficking, following a campaign by his lawyers who said the trial violated international laws as the man has intellectual disabilities. In his ruling, Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon said there was “no admissible evidence showing any decline in the appellant’s mental condition …

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 …

Singapore urged to halt execution of mentally-impaired man
3 years, 1 month ago

Singapore urged to halt execution of mentally-impaired man

Al Jazeera  

Five United Nations human rights experts have joined the growing calls for Singapore to halt the execution of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a Malaysian convicted of drug smuggling more than 10 years ago, because of his learning disabilities. “There is a lack of any persuasive evidence that the death penalty contributes more than any other punishment to eradicating drug trafficking.” The case …

Singapore suspends disabled Malaysian’s execution amid pleas
3 years, 1 month ago

Singapore suspends disabled Malaysian’s execution amid pleas

Associated Press  

SINGAPORE — Singapore’s High Court on Monday suspended the scheduled execution of a Malaysian man believed to be mentally disabled until an appeal is heard, amid pleas from the international community and rights groups. The court granted a stay of the execution after Nagaenthran’s defense lawyer, M. Ravi, argued that capital punishment for a mentally disabled person was a violation …

Nagaenthran Dharmalingam: Campaigners urge Singapore not to execute man with intellectual disabilities
3 years, 1 month ago

Nagaenthran Dharmalingam: Campaigners urge Singapore not to execute man with intellectual disabilities

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Campaigners are making a last ditch effort to save a man with intellectual disabilities from execution in Singapore, in a case that has been described a “sickening” and a “systemic failure,” and put the city-state’s zero-tolerance drug laws back under scrutiny. Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement Dharmalingam “was accorded full due process …

Singapore urged not to hang disabled Malaysian in drug case
3 years, 1 month ago

Singapore urged not to hang disabled Malaysian in drug case

LA Times  

Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, seen holding his nephew in an undated photo, is set to hang in Singapore for smuggling about 1.5 ounces of heroin into the country. Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said Wednesday he has written to his Singapore counterpart about the case and would extend consular aid to Nagaenthran and his family. The Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network, Amnesty …

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