#StopTheKilling is a campaign by the Transformative Justice Collective. We are calling and organising for a moratorium on the use of the death penalty in Singapore.
We launched #StopTheKilling because we believe that through sincere, brave conversations, we can make sure that more people in Singapore get access to stories, data and analysis, allowing them to come to a more informed, fair and compassionate position on the death penalty. We are confident that, when given the chance to think and feel more deeply, people will see the injustice of the death penalty and how it strips us of our power, dignity and humanity.
Since March 2022, 51 people have been hanged for drug-related offences in Singapore.
As local and international attention on the state’s killing spree grows, it’s clear that there’s a dearth of information and accountability from the state on who is on death row, the conditions that prisoners on death row suffer, how and when executions are scheduled, and how clemency petitions are considered, among other things.
Serious and urgent questions have been raised about why an overwhelming majority of people on death row are ethnic minorities from marginalised backgrounds, how the judicial system is heavily stacked against persons facing capital charges and fraught with risk of unsafe trials, the government’s claims that the death penalty is necessary to deter harmful drug use in Singapore, and the incredible trauma that the death penalty inflicts on families and communities.
