Singapore—In the wake of recent near-executions, discussions are ongoing as to whether the death penalty should be abolished, with rights groups renewing this call.
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Singapore—Eighty-one-year-old Sister Gerard Fernandez, who for four decades has counseled prisoners in the country’s death row, has been included in the yearly list of...
Singapore—Malaysian Pannir Selvam Pranthanam arrested in Singapore in September 2014 with almost 52 grams of drugs found on him wrote a letter to show what life is...
Singapore—In an opinion piece for the Sydney Morning Herald on July 22, Monday, one writer called Singapore’s capital punishment laws “both ineffective and inhumane.”
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Singapore—The country’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) debunked allegations that Malaysian prisoners in particular are being targeted for execution, or capital punishment. MHA underlined...
Amnesty International and the United Nations Human Rights Office appealed to Singapore to stop the hangings and abolish the "cruel and irreversible" death penalty....