Francis also appeared to back the ongoing protests as “demanding greater respect for the dignity of women”.
The strict religious regime,that is seeking international recognition and is desperate for economic help,had refrained from brutal penalties. That’s changed.
Singapore has resumed the death penalty this year,hanging 10 drug traffickers in four months,and its law and home affairs minister makes no apologies.
The romance between Nilar Thein and Ko Jimmy persisted through coups and revolutions,death threats and periods of separation. Until last month.
As Penny Wong joins ASEAN foreign ministers to discuss the worsening crisis,a new report documents the junta’s use of psychological and physical torture.
What is the relevance of debating the death penalty in 2022? Capital punishment is a central metaphor for the problems of state power,the fallibility of human judgment and the danger of making decisions that are irreversible.
The death sentences have drawn international condemnation,with two UN experts calling them a “vile attempt at instilling fear” among the people.
The city state has added two more drug-mules to its death penalty tally,with more to come,despite evidence the death penalty has not prevented such crimes.
International outcry over the hanging of an intellectually disabled man has not swayed Singapore,the most active of Asian nations levying the death penalty.
Nagaenthran ‘Nagen’ Dharmalingam attracted public support,including from celebrities,in an effort to commute his mandatory death sentence on the basis that he was mentally disabled.
An intellectually impaired man who was due to be executed in Singapore farewelled family members in emotional scenes inside the city-state’s highest court.