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WBSC’s Individual Report for Singapore’s UPR 2016
In light of Singapore’s upcoming Universal Periodic Review in January 2016, We Believe in Second Chances submitted our individual report in June this year. Our report provides a statistical overview of the death penalty regime since the amendments were brought into force in 2013. Various problems with the death penalty regime such as the … Continue reading
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Roslan bin Bakar was arrested on 18 July 2008. He was convicted of trafficking 96.07g of diamorphine and 76.37g of methamphetamine and sentenced to death on 22 April 2010. Roslan maintains his innocence to this day, saying that he had not been at the scene of the crime. He was convicted mostly based on testimony, … Continue reading
The following article was first published on The Online Citizen. by: Kirsten Han additional reporting by: Azhar Jalil / Lawyers representing convicted drug trafficker Yong Vui Kong have filed a petition for a presidential pardon yesterday evening, after their client’s final legal appeal was dismissed. The 46-point petition asks that Yong, a Malaysian citizen, be granted … Continue reading
When we first started planning the forum, we knew that it had to make an impact, that we wanted to get more new people in to attend, that we wanted to encourage more discussion on the issue in Singapore. We knew that families of death row inmates would probably attend. But we had not been … Continue reading
