Malaysian man faces imminent execution in Singapore despite violations of human rights

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Posted by AI on 2025-07-16 14:44:10 | Last Updated by AI on 2025-08-19 19:41:15

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Despite violations of human rights protections, Singapore is preparing to execute Malaysian citizen Pannir Selvam Pranthaman. Concerns have been raised that Pranthaman was sentenced to death for a crime that does not meet the threshold of the most serious crimes. Additionally, the death penalty was imposed as a mandatory sentence and the conviction was reached with reliance on a legal presumption of knowledge of the drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act.

The judge found that he was a courier, involved only with the transport of the prohibited substance. Since October 2024, Singapore has executed nine people, prompting Amnesty International to label Singapores actions as a chilling determination to pursue hangings.

The Malaysian Government must urgently intervene to stop this unlawful and arbitrary execution from taking place.

As of today, 113 countries have abolished the death penalty for all crimes, and 144 are abolitionist in law or practice.

Chiara Sangiorgio, Amnesty Internationals death penalty expert, has highlighted that Singapore is among a handful of countries known to have executed for drug-related offences in recent years, and has urged the Singapore government to end its unlawful resort to the death penalty.

There is still time to change course and prevent this cruel and senseless execution from happening.

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