Re: Singapore activists to protest hanging.
- From: "Tulang" <Tulang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:16:31 +0800
We will hold another protest to question why the drug trafficker should not
be hanged?
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> From ninemsn.com.au
>
> Singapore activists to protest hanging
> Monday Oct 31
>
>
> Activists in tightly controlled Singapore plan to stage a rare public
> protest against the impending execution of convicted Australian drug
> trafficker Nguyen Tuong Van.
>
> Next week's indoor vigil would be an unusual show of opposition to
> capital punishment in Singapore.
>
> Details have yet to be finalised.
>
> "Individuals of the civil society who are concerned citizens against the
> death penalty are ... coming together to organise it," Think Centre
> campaigner Sinapan Samydorai said on Monday.
>
> Think Centre is among Singapore's handful of active campaign groups and
> has long opposed the death penalty.
>
> It would help to support any Nguyen-related event, Sinapan said, and
> planned to post details on its website.
>
> Melbourne salesman Nguyen, 25, was arrested at Changi International
> Airport in December 2002 as he was about to board a flight to Australia.
>
> He had 396 grams of heroin taped to his back, and in his luggage.
>
> Singapore has so far rejected pleas for clemency from Australia.
>
> Nguyen is likely to be hanged sometime in November, possibly as soon as
> November 11.
>
> Sinapan said the vigil would likely be small scale, and he conceded that
> as most Singaporeans support the death penalty the campaigners faced a
> tough task.
>
> Earlier this year, a similar vigil was held to protest the execution of
> Singaporean Shanmugam Murugesu, who was hanged in May for trafficking
> 1.03kg of marijuana.
>
> The Singapore government last year eased restrictions on some types of
> indoor gatherings, dropping the need for participants to obtain prior
> approval from the police.
>
> Outdoor demonstrations, though, remain extremely rare.
>
> Gatherings of more than four people require permission from authorities.
>
> Plain-clothed officers attended the May vigil and at one stage prevented
> an open microphone session, where members of the audience had been
> invited on stage to express their feelings.
>
> The Singapore government argues that the selective use of the death
> penalty helps to deter serious crime and has kept the country of 4
> million people safe.
>
> "We weigh the right to life of the convicted against the rights of
> victims and the right of the community to live in peace and security,"
> the Ministry of Home Affairs has said.
>
> Human rights group Amnesty International has suggested that Singapore
> may have the highest rate of executions worldwide relative to its size.
>
> According to official figures, 340 people were hanged in Singapore
> between 1991 and 2000.
>
> In some years, such as 1996, when 50 people were hanged, the
> state-sanctioned death rate averages close to one a week.
>
>
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