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
- MAY 9, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. LAWYER TO CALL ON UN TO HELP SAVE DEATH ROW INMATE
lawyer M. Ravi said he would appeal to the United Nations in a last-ditch attempt to save his client Shanmugam Murugesu from being executed in Singapore for drug smuggling.
- MAY 6, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. COUNTRY FINALLY FINDS A VOICE IN DEATH ROW PROTEST, EDITORIAL
the Canton meeting room at Singapore's drab Furama Hotel was an unlikely venue for history to be made. But this bland setting hosted an unprecedented event for the tightly controlled island republic.
- APRIL 22, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. GOVERNMENT REJECTS CLEMENCY FOR MAN ON DEATH ROW
Singapore's president rejected an appeal by the teenage children of Shanmugam Murugesu, a 38-year-old man on death row, saying he would not receive clemency and underlining the country's tough stand on drugs trafficking.
- APRIL 17, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. AMNESTY URGES HALT TO EXECUTIONS
Amnesty International appealed for Singapore's Government to declare a moratorium on executions.
- APRIL 15, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. GOVERNMENT DENIES AMNESTY ACTIVIST CHANCE TO SPEAK AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
Singapore refused to allow an official from Amnesty International to speak at a forum on the death penalty.
- APRIL 14, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. GOVERNMENT URGED TO SAVE TWO WOMEN FROM GALLOWS IN SINGAPORE
Chairman of the North Sumatra Provincial Legislative Assembly (DPRD) Muhammad Nuh asked the Indonesian government to immediately save two Indonesian migrant workers in Singapore, Siti Aminah and Juminem, who were on death row for having murdered their bos
- APRIL 8, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
according to Mr Shanmugam Murugesu...
according to Mr Shanmugam Murugesu...
- FEBRUARY 25, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Khor Kok Soon was sentenced to death in Singapore
Khor Kok Soon was sentenced to death in Singapore
- FEBRUARY 1, 2005AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Singapore's premier said he would consider a bid for clemency from Australia
Singapore's premier said he would consider a bid for clemency from Australia
- JANUARY 1, 2005SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, offences against the President, illegal possession of arms, kidnapping and causing an innocent person to be executed by bearing false witness.
Capital crimes are: murder, treason, offences against the President, illegal possession of arms, kidnapping and causing an innocent person to be executed by bearing false witness.
- OCTOBER 21, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International and the Australian government...
Amnesty International and the Australian government urged Singapore to spare the life of Nguyen Tuong Van, an Australian man sentenced to hang for heroin trafficking
- OCTOBER 20, 2004SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
A Singapore court upheld the death sentence for a 24-year-old...
A Singapore court upheld the death sentence for a 24-year-old Australian man of Vietnamese origin found guilty of smuggling 400 grams (14 ounces) of heroin while in transit at the island's main airport