transformativejusticecollective

Life and death decisions, made without legal advice

Abdul Rahim’s execution has been scheduled for 5 August. His case highlights how stacked the death penalty regime is against accused persons.

Statement on the Execution of Human Rights Defenders by the Myanmar Military Junta

Anti-Death Penalty and Human Rights organisations outraged by the execution of human rights defenders by the Myanmar Military Junta

Halt the Execution of Nazeri bin Lajim

TJC joins Nazira, Sharifah and all the other loved ones of people on death row in calling on the state to halt Nazeri’s execution and bring into force an immediate moratorium on the death penalty.

“I will fight till the noose is around my neck”

Kalwant Singh and his family will not give up, and neither should we.

In acting freely, we are becoming free.

A message from Rocky Howe and Kirsten Han. We stand in solidarity with them!

“We were like strays”: A life marked by drugs, incarceration, and the death penalty

Singapore’s death penalty for drug offences sees a binary between “victims” of drugs and “predator” traffickers. Nazeri bin Lajim’s experiences show that the reality is much more complex.

A plea for clemency from the sister of a death row prisoner

“Do their lives and deaths come down to these technicalities? The person who sold drugs to my brother happened to have information that was helpful to the CNB (Central Narcotic Bureau), but my brother didn’t. For this, should he die?”

“You Don’t See The Sky”: Life Behind Bars in Singapore

A report on Singapore’s prison system, based on analysis of existing laws and regulations, as well as interviews with people who have had first-hand experience of incarceration.

A Letter from Syed Suhail, Death Row Prisoner

“The harshness and cruelty that some have claimed is just, is not. Two wrongs do not make a right. In the end, there is only a legacy of bloodshed that posterity may not even want on their hands anymore.”

A Letter from Rosman bin Abdullah, Death Row Prisoner

“Its really crazy to think that we earn a few hundreds as a drug worker or a runner and we get a death sentence, no second chance no life imprisonment.”