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 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 …
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 …
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