WebApr 26, 2023 · Tangaraju Suppiah, a 46-year-old of Tamil descent who had been on death row since 2018, was hanged at dawn in Singapore’s Changi Prison after being convicted in 2018 of abetting the smuggling of...

WebMay 18, 2023 · May 18, 2023. Singapore on Wednesday hanged a man for trafficking less than 3.5 pounds of marijuana, its second execution in three weeks for a crime that carries a much lighter sentence in most of...

WebJul 22, 2022 · Responding to the reported execution of Nazeri bin Lajim in Singapore today, Amnesty International’s death penalty expert Chiara Sangorgio said: “Five people have been hanged this year in Singapore, in a period of less than four months. This relentless wave of hangings must stop immediately.

WebMay 16, 2023 · The Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Singapore on Wednesday hanged another citizen for trafficking cannabis, the second in three weeks, as it clung firmly to the death penalty despite growing calls for the city-state to …

WebApr 26, 2023 · Singapore execution: Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, hanged over plot to smuggle kilogram of cannabis Tangaraju Suppiah's sentence drew criticism from the United Nations Human Rights Office as well as British entrepreneur Richard Branson. Wednesday 26 April 2023 14:17, UK Tangaraju Suppiah. Pic: Transformative …

WebCapital punishment in Singapore is a legal penalty. Executions in Singapore are carried out by long drop hanging, and they usually take place at dawn. Thirty-three offences—including murder, drug trafficking, terrorism, use of firearms and kidnapping—warrant the death penalty under Singapore law.

WebApr 28, 2022 · The execution of a Malaysian man convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore yesterday (Wednesday, April 27) has thrown the country's draconian Death Row facilities into sharp focus again. Unlike other death penalty countries like America, Singapore is one of the few countries in the world that still uses hanging as its method of execution.

WebApr 27, 2022 · April 27, 2022 A Malaysian man convicted of smuggling drugs into Singapore was executed Wednesday despite appeals from human rights advocates and global business leaders who said he should be...

WebOct 21, 2022 · Arrested in 2012 and convicted of trafficking 33.89 grams of heroin, Nazeri was hanged at dawn – the fifth of 11 inmates sent to the city-state’s gallows so far this year for drug offenses. The...

WebMay 18, 2023 · Singapore on Wednesday hanged another citizen for trafficking cannabis, the second in three weeks, as it clung firmly to the death penalty despite growing calls for the city-state to halt drug ...