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My brother, Syed.
Sharifah reflects on her childhood and her brother, Syed Suhail, who is currently on death row in Singapore.
“I won’t stop helping them, like how I was helped before.”
A former prison inmate talks about his experiences in Singapore’s Reformative Training Centre, detention barracks, and prison.
On Jolovan Wham’s incarceration
Our position on the incarceration of Jolovan Wham.
Calling for Volunteers!
We’re looking for members to join our Research and Public Engagement Teams! If you’re keen to study and take action to transform the way the police, prosecutors, courts, prisons and other elements of the criminal punishment system and drug control regime in Singapore work, and to organise in solidarity with accused, incarcerated and previously incarceratedContinue reading “Calling for Volunteers!”
Understanding drug use, addiction, and drug policy in Singapore
Singapore has made no secret of its “zero tolerance” stance on drugs and drug use. But how much do we actually know about this issue? What drives drug use and addiction? What resources are available in Singapore to help people recover and heal from addiction?
Drug policy and the death penalty: A conversation with Helen Clark
A conversation with the Chair for the Global Commission on Drug Policy, Helen Clark, about drug policy in Singapore and best practices from around the world.
A little girl’s letter to the President
A letter from a nine-year-old appealing for clemency for her father on death row.
Statement on death row cases and the harassment of lawyers
We, the undersigned, call for a comprehensive review of the death penalty and death row inmates’ rights in Singapore, made more urgent by the following points that have surfaced in relation to recent death penalty cases.
Singapore escapes a wrongful execution
On 19 October 2020, Gobi Avedian’s death sentence was set aside by the Court of Appeal. Kirsten Han takes a look at the Court of Appeal’s grounds of decision.
