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Singapore Keeps Hanging Low-Level Drug Couriers, But It Can't Execute Its Way to a Drug-Free Society

The Singaporean government hanged Pannir Selvam this month, the 10th convict to be executed in 2025 for nonviolent narcotics violations.

Reason

Singapore executes Malaysian drug trafficker in 12th execution this year

Singapore has executed a Malaysian drug trafficker, marking the second execution in two weeks in the city-state

The Independent UK

Malaysian man caught with 51 grams of heroin gets last-minute reprieve from execution

Pannir Selvam Pranthaman granted stay of execution day before he was set to be hanged

The Independent UK

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Alleged Malaysian drugs trafficker gets last-minute stay of execution in Singapore

A Singapore court has granted a stay of execution to a Malaysian man just hours before he was set to be hanged for drug trafficking

The Independent UK

Why Singapore is ‘friend of all, enemy of none’ in Israel-Gaza war

The tightly-controlled city-state has turned down protest requests and urged people not to display political symbols.

Al Jazeera

Singapore set to execute first woman in nearly 20 years, rights groups say

The announcement of the scheduled Friday execution of a woman comes as human rights groups say Singapore is out of step with the global trend of more countries moving away from capital punishment.

WEKU

Singapore hangs a man for drug trafficking. It will hang a woman on Friday — the first in 19 years

Singapore has executed a man for drug trafficking and is set to hang a woman on Friday

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Singapore to execute a woman for first time in almost 20 years

Killing of Saridewi Djamani is one of two this week as activists say most on death row are marginalised people

The Guardian - AU

Family pleads for clemency ahead of Singapore drug execution

Tangaraju Suppiah was convicted in the city-state in 2018 but his family says he did not have adequate legal counsel.

Al Jazeera

Singaporean on death row denied access to lawyers, say activists

Tangaraju Suppiah, due to be hanged this week, forced to self-represent after unsuccessful appeal

The Guardian - UK

Singapore to resume executions after 6-month break

A Singaporean man is scheduled to be hanged next week for abetting an attempt to smuggle cannabis into the island-state

The Independent UK

From China to Thailand, dissidents fear Musk’s Twitter reign

Activists across Asia are concerned about the social media platform’s future under the billionaire Tesla founder.

Al Jazeera

If Singapore Wants to Debate the Death Penalty, Talk To Us — Not Richard Branson.

If the Singapore government really prioritized the well-being of people in Singapore, they wouldn’t be wasting time and money trying to get Richard Branson over for a “debate.”

The News Lens

Indonesia mulls introduction of a ‘probationary’ death penalty

New version of criminal code says execution should be considered a ‘last resort’ but could delayed sentence be abusive?

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Singapore executions under scrutiny as more hanged for drugs

Questions being asked over speed of executions, legal representation, and the ethnicities of the condemned.

Bangkok Post

Singapore executes fifth drug trafficker since March

Singapore hanged a convicted drug trafficker on Friday, the fifth execution in the city-state since March, after a court rejected a last-ditch appeal and despite pleas for clemency.

The News Lens

The Death Penalty Makes Us Forget Our Humanity. Don’t Let It.

When fighting against the cold machinery of death, we must all the more cling on to empathy and care for one another.

France 24

Death penalty in Singapore: demonstrations organized as 'sense of injustice' grows

In Singapore, the fate of two Malaysian men on death row has sparked local mobilisation and attracted international attention. On April 25th, Nagaenthran Dharmalingam was hanged. With an IQ of 69, which is recognized as a disability, his execution could amount to a breach of international law. The next day,…

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The Independent UK

Another Malaysian to be hanged in Singapore wins reprieve

A second Malaysian man due to be hanged in Singapore this week for drug trafficking has won a last-minute reprieve from the top court

The Guardian - UK

Singapore hardens opinion against death penalty as ‘sense of injustice’ grows

High-profile death row case prompts some Singaporeans to call for executions to be halted though overall support for capital punishment remains high

The Guardian - UK

Man hanged in Singapore amid concern over surge of execution notices

Families of those facing death sentence fear authorities are pushing ahead to free up space on death row

The Independent UK

Singapore hangs drug trafficker in resumption of executions

A Singaporean man on death row for drug trafficking has been hanged in the first execution in the city-state in over two years

The Guardian - UK

Singapore courts set to consider executions amid fears authorities want to clear backlog

Case of Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, who has learning difficulties, among four to be heard next week

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