The United Nations Human Rights Office pressed Singapore on Tuesday to 'urgently reconsider' its scheduled execution of a man over one kilogram (2.2 pounds) of cannabis.
April 25, 2023 / 7:06 PMThe United Nations Human Rights Office pressed Singapore on Tuesday to"urgently reconsider" its scheduled execution of a man over one kilogram of cannabis.
Singaporean Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, is set to be hanged on Wednesday after he was convicted of conspiracy to traffic 1,017.9 grams of cannabis, twice the amount that merits the death sentence in the city-state.Leelavathy Suppiah , sister of a convicted drug trafficker Tangaraju Suppiah, who is scheduled for execution, poses with family members as she holds a petition letter to seek clemency in Singapore on April 23, 2023.
Branson, a member of the Geneva-based Global Commission on Drug Policy, wrote on his blog on Monday that Tangaraju was"not anywhere near" the drugs at the time of his arrest, and that Singapore may be about to put an innocent man to death. Chicken rice, nasi biryani, ice cream soda & milo-flavoured sweets. These are the foods Tangaraju requested from Changi Prison authorities leading up to his scheduled execution on April 26. Here’s a heart-breaking read on his last days on death row:
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