LEELAVATHY SUPPIAH (L), SISTER OF TANGARAJU SUPPIAH AT A PRESS CONFERENCE. TANGARAJU WAS EXECUTED ON APRIL 26 FOR CONSPIRING TO TRAFFIC ONE KILOGRAM OF CANNABIS. THE EXECUTION HAS RENEWED CONCERNS ABOUT THE DEATH PENALTY IN SINGAPORE, WHICH IS OFTEN HANDED OUT FOR DRUG-RELATED OFFENSES. PHOTO: ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP Singapore has hanged a man convicted […]
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‘Wholly Negligent’: Uyghur Asylum Seekers Keep Dying in Thailand’s Detention Centers
About 50 Uyghur asylum seekers remain in Thailand’s immigration detention centers, where they are known to deal with squalid living conditions and a lack of access to healthcare. Photo: Romeo GACAD / AFP A Uyghur refugee who was detained by Thai authorities in 2014 while fleeing persecution in China died last week after spending nine […]
Read MoreMan Set to be Executed Over 1KG of Cannabis He Never Touched
The case of Tangaraju Suppiah, who is set to face the gallows next week, is renewing attention on Singapore’s controversial death penalty. Photo: Courtesy of the Transformative Justice Collective Singapore is set to hang a man next week for conspiring to traffic one kilogram of cannabis, in what is believed to be the country’s first […]
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Inside the United Nations’ Water Week
The climate change discussion takes center stage, but water plays the most important supporting role. Water scarcity and quality are intimately connected to climate change with droughts and flooding increasing in severity each year. At the end of March, NYC ushered in UN Water Week to put the focus squarely on the role of water […]
Read More‘Whole Communities Are Disappearing’: 10,000 Families Are Being Evicted From This UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Angkor Archaeological Park houses an estimated 100,000 people, many of whom have lived there for generations and rely on the tourism industry. Photo: TANG CHHIN SOTHY / AFP Cambodian authorities are forcing longtime residents living in Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple complex to resettlement sites where they face poor living conditions and lack of income, […]
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Russia Detains First American Journalist on Espionage Accusations Since Cold War
Netanyahu, meanwhile, on Wednesday proudly assured that “Israel was, is, and always will remain a proud democracy at the heart of the Middle East.” He went on to dismiss the massive protests against his judicial overhaul plan, which would help cement power for his own government and potentially help him avoid corruption investigations, as “a […]
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Paul Rusesabagina of ‘Hotel Rwanda’ fame released from prison
Paul Rusesabagina of ‘Hotel Rwanda’ fame released from prison | The Hill Skip to content FILE – In this Sept. 25, 2020, file photo, Paul Rusesabagina, whose story inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving people from genocide, wears a pink prison uniform as he arrives for a bail hearing at a court in the […]
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Will the West Be Serious About Crimes Against Humanity This Time?
Speaking on behalf of the U.S. at the Munich Security Conference, Vice President Kamala Harris accused Russia of committing “crimes against humanity” in Ukraine. This also contrasted with the way that top officials of the U.S. addressed the crimes that were committed a generation earlier in the wars in the former Yugoslavia. Crimes against humanity […]
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