# singapore death penalty

Singapore Wrestles With the Death Penalty » The city-state has traditionally executed people for drug offenses, but cracks in the national consensus are appearing. Theatlantic.com

Singapore: UN experts condemn continued use of death penalty for drug-related crimes » GENEVA (28 April 2023) – UN experts* today strongly condemned Singapore’s execution of Tangaraju s/o Suppiah on Tuesday (26) and called on the Government to impose an immediate moratorium on capital punishment in the country. Tangaraju, a 46-year-old Tamil national from Singapore, was executed despite claims that he had not been provided with adequate interpretation during police interrogations. He was subsequently convicted of drug trafficking. Ohchr.org

Singapore: death penalty: Navarat Maykha (f), 32, Thai national, cook - Amnesty International » AI fears that Navarat Maykha may soon be executed. She was sentenced to death in July 1994 for importing heroin into Singapore. In February 1995 her lawyer submitted a petition for clemency to the President of Singapore. Choose a language to view reportEnglish EnglishSpanishDownload PDF Amnesty.org

Use of Death Penalty Drops to Lowest in a Decade, Report Says » Executions fell 31% year-on-year in 2018, mainly due to a decrease in Iran Time.com

Singapore Resumes Hangings for Drug Offenses, Provoking Outrage, Rare Public Protest » In a move sharply criticized by rights advocates as a violation of international human rights law, Singapore has resumed executions for non-violent drug… Deathpenaltyinfo.org

Singapore has executed a woman for the first time in nearly two decades » Singaporean national Saridewi Djamani, 45, was convicted in 2018 of trafficking over 30 grams of heroin. She is first woman to be hanged since 2004. Npr.org

Detail » Nov 5, 2021… In 2019, MHA commissioned a survey of 2,000 residents, on their views of capital punishment. The majority of the respondents agreed or strongly … Mha.gov.sg

Singapore: death penalty: Flor Contemplacion (f), 42, domestic worker - Amnesty International » Flor Contemplacion, a Filipino monther of four, is scheduled to be hanged on 17 March 1995. She was sentenced to death in 1993 for the murder of another Filipino maid and her employer’s four-year-old son. There are serious doubts about the fairness of her trial. It is believed that she may have been convicted solely […] Amnesty.org

Singapore: Further information on death penalty: Navarat Maykha (f), 32, Thai national, cook - Amnesty International » AI has learned that the President of Singapore has just rejected Navarat Maykha’s petition for clemency. Her lawyer now fears that she is likely to be executed on Friday 22 September 1995. Choose a language to view reportEnglish EnglishSpanishDownload PDF Amnesty.org

Singapore to resume executions after 6-month break » KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Singaporean man is scheduled to be hanged next week for abetting an attempt to smuggle cannabis into the island-state, in a resumption of executions after a half-year pause, activists said Thursday. Apnews.com