Masoud is representing 36 death row prisoners in a constitutional challenge that has a hearing set for 20 January 2025. But if his execution this Friday goes ahead, he won’t be able to see these efforts through.
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#StopTheKilling: TJC resumes door-knocking
By Elijah Tay This afternoon, members and volunteers of the Transformative Justice Collective visited some residents and chatted with them about the death penalty. While a couple of them initially claimed that they supported the death penalty, when given the opportunity to think about and reflect on their personal views, within minutes, they signed theContinue reading “#StopTheKilling: TJC resumes door-knocking”
Azwan faces execution in Singapore on 4 October
On 30 September, Azwan’s family received the dreaded execution notice for the second time this year, informing them that he will be hanged in four days’ time.
Putting the Death Penalty on Trial: World Day 2024
Get ready for the trial of the century!
A letter from Datchinamurthy, a prisoner on death row, to Pope Francis
To His Holiness, Pope Francis, I am David Martin Datchinamurthy, a death row inmate at Changi Prison in Singapore.
Ahmed Salim faces execution in Singapore tomorrow at dawn
Ahmed Salim, a 35 year-old Bangladeshi migrant worker, faces execution at dawn on 28 February, in Singapore’s Changi Prison. This is the first execution in 2024, despite growing calls for a moratorium on the death penalty. #AbolishTheDeathPenalty #StopTheKilling
Why are we calling for a moratorium on the death penalty?
What would a moratorium on the death penalty mean, and why is that currently the focus of the #StopTheKilling campaign? Read this explainer to understand our strategy better.
Will Minister Shanmugam face the families most impacted by the death penalty?
On 9 October 2023, a day before World Day Against the Death Penalty, families of death row prisoners past and present (and TJC members who went with them) were denied entry by the Ministry of Home Affairs’ security post when they went to deliver a letter and a petition containing 1,721 signatures.
Statement from Families of Prisoners on Death Row
“We are the family members of death row prisoners, past and present. Just a few of us are here today, but we stand here on behalf of many more families in Singapore, Malaysia and beyond, whose lives have been devastated by Singapore’s ruthless and senseless war on drugs. Some of us will live forever withContinue reading “Statement from Families of Prisoners on Death Row”
Stop The Killing: Get to Know the Campaign & a Deep Dive into the Petition
#StoptheKilling Stop the Killing is a campaign the Transformative Justice Collective started in response to the state‘s killing spree over the last two years. In June 2022, we started collecting physical signatures for a public petition that calls for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty in Singapore. In just 2023, at leastContinue reading “Stop The Killing: Get to Know the Campaign & a Deep Dive into the Petition”
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