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Singapore lawyers ordered to pay S$10,000 over ethnic bias suit by Malay death row inmates
This is the latest in a series of legal actions seen by critics as a move to intimidate lawyers challenging the city-state's narrative on capital punishment.
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Singapore now probing Nagaenthran’s counsel as criticism mounts over intimidation of lawyers
Prominent lawyer Violet Netto is accused of practising with an expired certificate.
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Singapore opposition parties write to law minister on fear among lawyers
They ask if lawyers in the city-state are afraid to represent prisoners in important legal matters due to fear of government reprisal.
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Rights group slams Singapore for intimidation, harassment of prominent lawyer
Lawyers for Liberty says M Ravi faces a long list of disciplinary and contempt actions which threaten his finances and profession as a lawyer.
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Hundreds mourn at Nagaenthran’s funeral
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'Our worst nightmares have come true,' his sister says as she continues to plead for an end to the death penalty.
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Court rejects Singapore AG’s ‘rushed’ bid to quash Malaysian’s stay of execution
The speed at which the appeal was made, within a matter of hours, caught many in the legal community by surprise.
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Malaysian death row inmate gets stay of execution after appearing in court without lawyers
Datchinamurthy Kataiah has been granted a stay of execution pending the hearing of his legal challenge on May 20.
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Nagaenthran to be buried in Ipoh on Friday
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His family say they accept his death 'with a heavy heart'.
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Tycoon Branson raps ‘Singapore’s relentless machinery of death’ after Nagaenthran’s execution
He says it left 'no room for decency, dignity, compassion, or mercy' in sending Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam to the gallows.
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After Nagaenthran, another Malaysian fights to stay alive without lawyers
Datchinamurthy Kataiah's case bears many similarities to that of Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, amid a climate of intimidation against lawyers handling death row cases.
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After pre-dawn hanging, Singapore AG hits out at Nagaenthran’s mum, international critics
The Singapore Attorney-General's Chambers says it will take contempt action over comments made locally and abroad on Nagaenthran's case.
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Nagaenthran hanged at Singapore prison
His execution came after more than a decade on death row and despite efforts at both the domestic and international level to halt it.