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
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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”
Halt the executions of Aziz and Saridewi
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 July 2023 This week Singapore intends to execute Mohd Aziz bin Hussain, a 56-year-old Singaporean Malay man convicted of trafficking approximately 50g of diamorphine (heroin) and Saridewi binte Djamani, a 45-year-old Singaporean woman convicted of trafficking approximately 30g of diamorphine (heroin). It has been almost twenty years since Singapore last executedContinue reading “Halt the executions of Aziz and Saridewi”
TJFest! Breaking Chains: Towards Gentler Futures
Come join us for the inaugural TJFest!
Why the death penalty for cannabis?
Prisoners on death row for cannabis question why Singapore seeks to execute people for a substance that is being increasingly decriminalised or legalised in other jurisdictions.
Letters from Death Row Inmates
The following are letters, poems, and reflections written by Datchina, Kalwant, Nagaenthran, Pannir and Syed on their experiences being on death row, and their messages to loved ones. Letters from Datchina What allows me to be alive today? Is it the words from the judge, the law, my family, me or God? If man hasContinue reading “Letters from Death Row Inmates”
Letters to Death Row Inmates
“I hope we can move towards a more loving, gracious, compassionate, and unified society that wants to understand, not just punish.” The following letters and artwork were created by people who attended the Stop The Killing events. Many expressed solidarity with people on death row and echoed calls to abolish the death penalty. Letters toContinue reading “Letters to Death Row Inmates”
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