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Who does the death penalty really threaten? Shanmugam’s rhetoric versus reality
Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam criticised US President Joe Biden’s clemency decisions on 19 January 2025, questioning the inconsistencies in sparing...
Shifting sands of death penalty advocacy in Singapore: Lessons from Gobi’s case
by Ten Leu-Jiun
In the stillness of a Singaporean morning, Gobi Avedian’s lifeless body could have been carried out of Changi Prison, his neck...
Malaysia votes for UN moratorium on executions, advocates abolition of the death penalty
Malaysia has reiterated its commitment to human rights and the global movement towards abolishing the death penalty by voting in favour of the...
Vietnamese tycoon’s death penalty upheld in unprecedented fraud case
Truong My Lan, a 68-year-old property tycoon and founder of Van Thinh Phat Group, has had her death sentence upheld by a Vietnamese...
Death penalty and Presidential clemency « Opinion « TR EMERITUS
When Tharman Shanmugaratnam became the president of Singapore in September 2023, I told several young anti-death penalty activists that he may pardon some...
