Singapore actors charged over protests against death penalty Singapore retains the death penalty for murder, certain drug-trafficking offences, and serious firearms offences The Independent UK · Sep 28
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 · Oct 21, 2025
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 · Oct 8, 2025
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 · Feb 20, 2025
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 · Feb 19, 2025
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 · Nov 21, 2023
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 · Jul 27, 2023
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 The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023
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 · Jul 25, 2023
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 · Apr 25, 2023
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 · Apr 24, 2023
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 · Apr 20, 2023
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 · Nov 7, 2022
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 · Oct 25, 2022
Al Jazeera · Oct 10, 2022 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?
Al Jazeera · Aug 5, 2022 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 · Jul 22, 2022 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 · May 14, 2022 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 · May 4, 2022 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,…
The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2022 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 · Apr 13, 2022 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 · Mar 30, 2022 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 · Mar 30, 2022 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 · Feb 25, 2022 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