Capital punishment in Singapore - Wikipedia
WEBIn March 2022, when Singapore dismissed the final appeal of Malaysian death row prisoner Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam and later authorized the execution of Singaporean drug convict Abdul Kahar Othman, which was its first execution during the COVID-19 pandemic, there were 400 Singaporeans, including …
Singapore executes first woman in nearly two decades for drug ...
WEBJul 27, 2023 · CNN — Singapore on Friday hanged a woman convicted of attempting to traffic an ounce of heroin, the first execution of a female prisoner in nearly two decades in what human rights groups decried...
Singapore: Decade-High Surge in Executions - Human Rights Watch
WEBJan 11, 2024 · Singapore’s government carried out its highest number of executions in more than a decade and sought to intimidate anti-death penalty activists, Human Rights Watch said today in its World...
Singapore Executed Another Drug Offender: What to Know | TIME
WEBApr 26, 2023 · A mid protests and growing international attention, Singapore executed another man on Wednesday for a drug offense. Tangaraju Suppiah, a 46-year-old of Tamil descent who had been on death row...
Families of the executed appeal to ‘heartless’ Singapore for …
WEBOct 10, 2023 · 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...
Singapore’s death row ‘main element of its drug policy’ - Al Jazeera
WEBMay 16, 2023 · Singapore’s death row ‘main element of its drug policy’. Dozens of people face hanging for drug offences in Singapore and the city-state has shown no sign it will soften its approach.
Singapore hangs 2nd citizen in 3 weeks for trafficking cannabis …
WEBSingapore on Wednesday, May 17, 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.
How a Singapore execution set off a wave of protest - BBC
WEBMay 27, 2022 · Activists, who have been trawling through court judgements and speaking to families, estimate that there are more than 60 people currently on death row in Singapore.
‘My heart is crying’: Singapore accelerates pace of executions
WEBJul 31, 2022 · Kirsten Han, who has campaigned against the death penalty for more than a decade, suspects more execution notices are being issued because it is running out of space on death row.
Singapore Wrestles With the Death Penalty
WEBApr 16, 2023 · A government official said in September 2022 that 10 Malaysians were on death row. In Singapore, which relies on migrant labor from poorer Asian countries to build its skyscrapers, maintain its...