Singapore
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary republic
- CONSTITUTION
- June 3, 1959, amended in 1965
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, Parliament
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, the head appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister, other judges appointed by the president on the recommendation of the chief justice
RELIGIONS
42.5% Buddhists, 14.9% Muslims, 8.5% Taoists, 4.8% Catholics, other
From the country
NOVEMBER 7, 2024SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: HOME MINISTRY ORDERS META TO ALERT USERS TO FALSE STATEMENTS ON DEATH PENALTY
Singapore’s Home Ministry (MHA) on November 5, 2024 instructed Meta Platforms Inc be issued Targeted Correction Directions (TCDs) following the reposting of “false statements” on its platforms regarding the scheduling of executions and the prosecution of
- AUGUST 11, 2024SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE HANGS PRISONER IN SECOND EXECUTION IN DAYS
Singapore hanged a 59-year-old man on August 7, 2024 for drug trafficking, authorities said, the second execution in the city-state in less than a week.
AUGUST 5, 2024SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN HANGED FOR TRAFFICKING 36G OF HEROIN
Singapore on August 2, 2024 hanged a convicted drug trafficker, authorities said, in the city-state's second execution this year.
MAY 13, 2024SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: SHANMUGAM SAYS STRONG SUPPORT FOR DEATH PENALTY REFLECTED IN SURVEYS
Singapore's Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam on May 8, 2024 cited local and regional surveys as proof of strong and growing support for using the death penalty on drug traffickers.
APRIL 4, 2024SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: EX-PROPERTY AGENT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CANNABIS TRAFFICKING
A former property agent was sentenced to the mandatory death penalty for trafficking cannabis in Singapore, with the judge rejecting his claim that the drugs were for research and development.
- MARCH 11, 2024SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: MAN LOSES APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE FOR TRAFFICKING HEROIN
A Singaporean man sentenced to death for trafficking 34.9g of diamorphine or heroin has lost his appeals against his conviction and sentence.
FEBRUARY 29, 2024SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: BANGLADESHI MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
Singapore on February 28, 2024 hanged a Bangladeshi man for murder, police said, in the first execution this year in the city-state.
JANUARY 17, 2024SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: DECADE-HIGH SURGE IN EXECUTIONS
Singapore’s government carried out its highest number of executions in more than a decade and sought to intimidate anti-death penalty activists, Human Rights Watch said on January 11, 2024 in its World Report 2024.
AUGUST 3, 2023SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN EXECUTED OVER DRUGS IN THIRD HANGING IN WEEK
Singapore executed a 39-year-old man who was convicted of trafficking heroin, the city state’s fifth hanging this year and the third in just over a week, authorities said on August 3, 2023.
- JULY 28, 2023SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE EXECUTES A WOMAN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 19 YEARS
Singapore conducted its first execution of a woman in 19 years on July 28, 2023 and its second hanging this week for drug trafficking despite calls for the city-state to cease capital punishment for drug-related crimes.
JULY 26, 2023SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING, A WOMAN SET TO BE EXECUTED THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
Mohd Aziz bin Hussain, a 56-years-old Singaporean Malay man, was hanged on July 26, 2023 at dawn at Changi Prison in Singapore.
- MAY 17, 2023SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE EXECUTES SECOND PRISONER IN 3 WEEKS FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Singapore on May 17, 2023 hanged a man for trafficking drugs, authorities said, in the city state’s second execution in three weeks.