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Anti-death penalty activist sues the police for overreach

On 23 September 2022, anti-death penalty activist Rocky Howe filed an application in court to seek, among other things, a declaration that the police had abused its powers in investigating him for participating in a purported ‘illegal procession’.

FREE THEM, FREE US: Events for World Day Against the Death Penalty

Over the next month, we have a series of events focused on the death penalty in Singapore and calling for an immediate halt of executions. 11 men have already been hanged in 2022 — the killing must stop now.

Prison & Punishment in Singapore

The dominant narrative about incarceration is that everyone in prison is a criminal who doesn’t deserve our concern or sympathy; anything and everything that they experience within prison is what they deserve for breaking the law. But what do we actually want for society in the first place, and does incarceration help us achieve that?

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?”