Days before our exhibition Fighting for Life was due to open, we are left with no choice but to cancel the exhibition due to the Infocomm Media Development Authority’s (IMDA) refusal to provide us the necessary classification to proceed.
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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.
We stand by what we said.
Dear Minister Shanmugam, here’s our correction direction for you 😘
URGENT: Imminent execution in Singapore
On Thursday, 1 August 2024, the Transformative Justice Collective learnt that a Singaporean death row prisoner was issued an execution notice on Monday, 29 July 2024, informing him and his family that his execution has been scheduled for Friday, 2 August 2024.
End intimidation of peaceful action for Palestine
Our freedom to stand in solidarity with others, to call for action where injustice is seen, to act according to moral principles and not on the government’s permission, are fundamental to a healthy and flourishing democratic society.
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
Criminal Procedure (Miscellaneous) Amendments Bill 2024
On 5 Feb 2024, parliament passed amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code. The amendments majorly expands police powers, including the introduction of powers to search without warrant, and criminalising the refusal to consent to forensic medical examinations if you are under investigation.
Excerpts from a letter by former Mongolian President Elbegdorj Tsakhia to President Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Former Mongolian President Elbegdorj Tsakhia writes to Singapore’s newly elected President Tharman Shanmugaratnam. The letter highlights Singapore’s shocking record of executions and calls on the newly elected president to play a role in ending the death penalty.
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.
Four Death Row Prisoners now made to argue on behalf of their lawyers
On 16 October 2023, an application to allow two King’s Counsel to represent four death row prisoners pro bono — Datchinamurthy, Saminathan, Lingkesvaran, Jumaat — in their ongoing constitutional challenge was heard in Court.
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