“Save Nagaenthran”: Advocates Call for Death Sentence Pardon in Singapore
PJ Thum speaks to activists Emmy Charissa, Kokila Annamalai and Mila Rockey—sister of death row prisoner Syed Suhail—about Nagaenthran K Dharmalin…
Tag: Drugs
Killing Vulnerable People Won’t Protect Singapore From Drugs
Singapore is set to execute Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam in two days. If we don’t succeed in halting his execution, he will be the latest person with …
Malaysia’s Drug Law Condemns Vulnerable Women to Death
Most women on death row in Malaysia have been sentenced under a strict drug trafficking law that fails to take their vulnerable socioeconomic realitie…
Behind Malaysia’s Drug Laws: A Family’s Ordeal
On this week's episode of Southeast Asia Dispatches, Deborah Augustin speaks to filmmakers Loh Jo Yee and Hidayah Hisham as they delve into Malaysia 
The Citizens’ Agenda: The Parties Respond
Nearly a year ago, we embarked on the Citizens’ Agenda: our quest to find out what our Singaporean community thinks are the most important issues fa…
Smeared and Vilified by Duterte, Activists in the Philippines are Fighting Back
Despite the fightback by human rights defenders, the situation in the Philippines remains extremely grave for many activists on the ground and a clima…
When the Myanmar Military Almost Decriminalised Drug Use
Myanmar’s carceral approach to drug control is typical of Southeast Asia. But there was a moment in time when things could have been different.
The Citizens’ Agenda: The Top 5 Issues by GE 2015 Constituencies
678 members of New Naratif’s community responded to stage 2 of The Citizens’ Agenda, and this is how they responded based on their constituency.
The Citizens’ Agenda: The Top 5 Issues and Results Analysis
678 members of New Naratif’s community responded to stage 2 of The Citizens’ Agenda, and they were very clear about the biggest issues facing Sing…
The “Sinners†and Victims of Duterte’s War on Drugs
Can words kill? Research suggests that by describing drug users as “sinnersâ€, religious leaders are helping to justify their murder as part of Dut…
