Singapore executes second prisoner in 3 weeks
Singapore authorities say the man was accorded full due process under the law.
Singapore to execute ethnic Malay man involved in racial bias suit
Muhammad Faizal Mohd Shariff is the second to be executed this year after Tangaraju Suppiah, whose plight attracted international concern.
Amnesty executions survey slams state 'killing sprees'
Nearly 40% of all known executions were for drug-related offences, including 11 in Singapore, the rights group says.
Lawyer shocked over conflict of interest involving Singapore judge who heard executed man's final appeal
Justice hurried is justice buried, says prominent rights lawyer M Ravi.
Singapore proceeds with execution despite protest
Tangaraju Suppiah was hanged early this morning.
UN Human Rights Office urges Singapore to halt execution
It voices concern over due process and respect for fair trial guarantees.
Singapore slams Branson over death penalty criticism
The home ministry accuses the British billionaire of showing disrespect for Singapore's judges and criminal justice system.
Tycoon Branson urges Singapore to halt latest execution
Richard Branson describes Tangaraju Suppiah's case as 'largely circumstantial'.
Family of Singaporean on death row for cannabis pleads for clemency
Rights activists and family members say there were loopholes in the case and that Tangaraju never handled the drugs.
Singapore to execute man over 1kg of cannabis
Tangaraju was convicted in 2017 of 'abetting by engaging in a conspiracy to traffic' 1,017.9g of cannabis, twice the minimum volume that merits the death sentence.
Indonesian president grants 'unprecedented' clemency to death row drug convict
Indonesia handed out at least 114 death sentences in 2021, according to an Amnesty International report, bringing the size of its death row to more than 500.
UN experts hail Malaysia's move to scrap mandatory death penalty
They say the move sends a strong signal supporting the abolition of the death penalty 'in a region where capital punishment is too often imposed for a broad range of crimes such as drug related offences'.
