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Singapore: Further information: 22-year-old due to be hanged in ...
14 May 2010

A Malaysian man is at immediate risk of execution in Singapore. On 14 May, the Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal against a mandatory death sentence, which violates ...

Urgent Action       ASA 36/001/2010

Singapore: Stay of execution for Yong Vui Kong
9 December 2009

Yong Vui Kong has received a stay of execution, after lawyers argued that his earlier withdrawal of an appeal was void due to his poor mental health. His appeal ...

Urgent Action       ASA 36/007/2009

Singapore: President must repeal 'cruel' mandatory imposition of ...
4 December 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 4 th December 2009. AI Index: ASA 36/006/2009. Singapore: President must repeal 'cruel' mandatory ...

Document       ASA 36/006/2009

Singapore: New execution date for condemned Malaysian: Yong Vui ...
4 December 2009

Yong Vui Kong received a stay of execution on 3 December 2009, but is now scheduled for execution on 11 December. His appeal will be heard by the Court of Appeals ...

Urgent Action       ASA 36/005/2009

Singapore: Malaysian man facing execution in Singapore
3 November 2009

Yong Vui Kong was sentenced to death for drug trafficking in January 2009. He had exhausted his appeals by October, and can now escape execution only if the president ...

Urgent Action       ASA 36/004/2009

Amnesty International | Human rights should dominate ASEAN agenda
25 February 2009

Amnesty International called on ASEAN member states to move human rights to the top of the agenda of the ASEAN summit, scheduled to take place this weekend in Thailand

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Singapore: Executions since December defy global trend
13 January 2009

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: ASA 36/002/2009. Date: 13 January 2009. Singapore: Executions since December defy global trend. ...

Document       ASA 36/002/2009

Singapore: Further information on death penalty: Tan Chor Jin (m)
12 January 2009

Tan Chor Jin was hanged in the morning of 9 January 2009. The president had rejected his appeal for clemency in the last week of December. Tan Chor Jin had been ...

Urgent Action       ASA 36/001/2009

La pena de muerte. El castigo máximo
1 June 2008

La pena de muerte. El castigo máximo

Report       ACT 50/015/2008