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Amnesty International calls for urgent stay as Singapore prepares to execute first woman in 20 years
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 11 months agoAuthorities in Singapore have been urged to halt the hanging of two people on drug related...
MHA-commissioned studies show strong support for death penalty in Singapore
Yahoo News Singapore· 2 years agoMore than seven in 10 Singaporeans in studies commissioned by the Ministry of Home Affairs support...
‘No mercy, no justice,’ says family of man hanged by Singapore over 1kg cannabis
The Independent· 1 year agoThe family of a man who was executed in Singapore for conspiring to traffic just a kilogramme of...
Amnesty condemns Singapore execution spree as two more men are hanged
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 years agoThe Amnesty International has urged authorities in Singapore to end its “wave of hangings” and...
Singapore’s star banker creates a succession dilemma for DBS
Bloomberg via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 12 months agoFor more than 13 years, Piyush Gupta has led one of Singapore’s most iconic institutions, the bank...
China starts ‘punishment’ military drills around Taiwan days after island swears in new leader
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 month agoChina has launched two days of military drills surrounding Taiwan in what it called “punishment” for...
Singapore hangs 2nd citizen in 3 weeks for trafficking cannabis despite calls to halt executions
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 year agoSingapore on Wednesday hanged another citizen for trafficking cannabis, the second in three weeks,...
When did the death penalty become illegal in the UK? Alabama killer was first to be executed with...
Evening Standard via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoA prisoner from Alabama has become the first inmate in the US to be executed using nitrogen gas,...
Rights groups welcome Malaysia's move on death penalty
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 year agoHuman rights groups on Tuesday applauded Malaysia's move to scrap the mandatory death penalty as a...
Singapore to execute man over 1kg of cannabis in first capital punishment of 2023
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 year agoAuthorities in Singapore are set to execute a man for his involvement in trafficking 1kg cannabis...