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Singapore: Further information on death penalty
19 January 2007

Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi, aged 21, is now scheduled to be executed by hanging on 26 January. He was arrested at Changi Airport on 27 November 2004, and was charged ...

Urgent Action       ASA 36/001/2007

Singapore: Government misusing the law to muzzle critics
14 December 2006

Amnesty International called on the Singapore government to stop using restrictive laws and defamation suits to muzzle critics and opposition party members. Dr ...

Press Release       ASA 36/005/2006

The Wire, June 2006. Vol. 36, No.5.
31 May 2006

1) Rise in recruitment of child soldiers in DRC 2) Humanitarian crisis in Occupied Territories 3) Rural communities in Guatemala violently evicted 4) Racist attacks ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/005/2006

Singapore: Death Penalty: Took Leng How (m)
18 April 2006

Malaysian citizen Took Leng How, aged 22, who was sentenced to death in August 2005, has had his final appeal rejected by the Court of Appeal. The President still ...

Urgent Action       ASA 36/004/2006

Singapore: Death penalty
12 April 2006

Iwuchukwu Amara Tochi and Okele Nelson Malachy lost their appeal against a mandatory death sentence at the Court of Appeal on 16 March. Their only hope for clemency ...

Urgent Action       ASA 36/003/2006

Death Penalty News: January 2006
1 January 2006

1.) Iran executes eight juvenile offenders in 2005; 2.) USA: More than 1000 executions since 1977; 3.) International events; 4.) Liberia abolishes the death penalty ...

Newsletter       ACT 53/001/2006

Singapore: Further information on Imminent Execution: Van Tuong ...
2 December 2005

Van Tuong Nguyen, Australian national, was hanged on 2 December at 6am. He had been sentenced to death for transporting 396.2 grams of heroin into Singapore.

Urgent Action       ASA 36/005/2005

Singapore: Further information on Imminent Execution: Van Tuong ...
17 November 2005

Van Tuong Nguyen will be hanged on 2 December, according to a letter his family received on 17 November from the government of Singapore. Executions are usually ...

Urgent Action       ASA 36/004/2005

Singapore: Imminent Execution: Van Tuong Nguyen
23 October 2005

Australian national Van Tuong Nguyen, who has been condemned to death in Singapore, had his appeal for clemency rejected by the President on 21 October, and is ...

Urgent Action       ASA 36/003/2005

Singapore: Further information on: Imminent execution, Shanmugam s ...
12 May 2005

Amnesty International has learned with deep regret that Shanmugam s/o Murugesu was hanged on 13 May at 6am. He had been sentenced to death after he was found in ...

Urgent Action       ASA 36/002/2005