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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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.
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”
TJC Stands with Subhas
On 5 Sep 2023, Subhas Nair was sentenced to 6 weeks in jail for “attempting to promote ill will between different racial groups”. His sentencing not only has a profound impact on future conversations that Singaporeans will have around race and racism, it is also a solemn reminder of the state’s continued bullying of itsContinue reading “TJC Stands with Subhas”
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”
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’.
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
Transformative Justice Collective 