In defiance of its own laws and the UN Convention of Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Singapore government intends to hang a man with borderline functioning intelligence on Wednesday 10 November for smuggling 42.72 grams of diamorphine.
PJ Thum speaks to Emmy Charissa, a disability rights activist; Kokila Annamalai, an anti-death penalty activist; and Mila Rockey, sister of death row prisoner Syed Suhail and also an anti-death penalty activist, about Mr Nagaenthran’s case, the lack of a fair trial that accommodated his disabilities, and drug trafficking and the death penalty in Singapore. To learn more about Mr Nagaenthran’s case, read this op-ed by Kirsten Han.
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Things you can do to help #SaveNagaenthran:
- Sign this petition.
- Write to President Halimah Yacob.
- Write to your local MPs.
- Support the Transformative Justice Collective.
