Singapore
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 4
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 7
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Capital crimes are: murder, treason, offenses against...
- News items in the archive
- 349
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Singapore is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 4 executions in the country, against 7 the year before. The archive holds 349 news items on Singapore, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
APRIL 20, 2015SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: TWO CONVICTED DRUG TRAFFICKERS ESCAPE GALLOWS, IMPRISONED FOR LIFE
Two convicted drug traffickers were spared the gallows today, four years after being sentenced to death.
APRIL 17, 2015SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: CONVICTED MURDERER, WHO STABBED VICTIM MORE THAN 110 TIMES, EXECUTED
A 39-year-old male Singaporean was executed at Changi Prison Complex, after being convicted of murder and sentenced to death on Apr 7, 2009, police said in a media release.
JANUARY 8, 2015SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: DRUG COURIER SPARED DEATH PENALTY FOR HELPING CNB IN PROBE
A Thai woman escaped the gallows in Singapore after the High Court sentenced her to life in prison for
- JANUARY 1, 2015SingaporeDEATH 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.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2014SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Mohd Jeefrey Jamil, a 49-year-old drug courier has been given the death penalty after he failed to receive a
Mohd Jeefrey Jamil, a 49-year-old drug courier has been given the death penalty after he failed to receive a
OCTOBER 28, 2014SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MALAYSIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER ESCAPES DEATH PENALTY UNDER AMENDED LAWS
A 29-year-old Malaysian condemned to hang in 2009 for drug trafficking had his
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2014MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: DEATH PENALTY FOR MALAYSIAN DRUG TRAFFICKER
A 27-year-old Malaysian who had earlier been found guilty of bringing into Singapore 22.24g of
- JULY 18, 2014SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: 2 CONVICTED DRUG TRAFFICKERS EXECUTED
Two Singaporeans, Tang Hai Liang, 36, and Foong Chee Peng, 48, had their death sentences carried out
- JULY 14, 2014SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Malaysian Devendran A/L Supramaniam, who imported 83.36g of diamorphine into Singapore was
Malaysian Devendran A/L Supramaniam, who imported 83.36g of diamorphine into Singapore was
- JULY 7, 2014SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
a Bill to amend the Radiation Protection Act was passed in Parliament allowing for the imposition
a Bill to amend the Radiation Protection Act was passed in Parliament allowing for the imposition
MAY 26, 2014SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: DRUG-TRAFFICKER ON DEATH ROW SPARED GALLOWS
A 42-year-old Singaporean who has spent more than four years on death row for drug trafficking was
MARCH 3, 2014SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: DRUG OFFENDER ON DEATH ROW GETS LIFE SENTENCE
A drug trafficker sentenced to death in Singapore was re-sentenced to life imprisonment, making him the
- JANUARY 6, 2014SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: SECOND DRUG TRAFFICKER ON DEATH ROW ESCAPES GALLOWS
A 29-year-old Singaporean man today become the second drug trafficker on death row to be re-sentenced
- JANUARY 1, 2014SingaporeDEATH 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.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2013SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE LIFTS DEATH PENALTY ON DRUG TRAFFICKER FOR FIRST TIME
Singapore lifted for the first time the death penalty given to a drug trafficker, commuting his sentence
NOVEMBER 12, 2013SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN WHO KILLED GIRLFRIEND ESCAPES DEATH SENTENCE
Six years after he was arrested in Singapore for murdering his Indonesian girlfriend, a Bangladeshi
- JULY 17, 2013MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: MALAYSIAN ESCAPES GALLOWS AFTER SINGAPORE LAW REFORM
A Malaysian convict has become the first person in Singapore to have a mandatory death
APRIL 10, 2013SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: DRUG TRAFFICKER ESCAPES DEATH SENTENCE UNDER AMENDED MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT
A 29-year-old man has escaped the gallows in Singapore for drug trafficking as he satisfied the
- JANUARY 1, 2013SingaporeDEATH 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.
JANUARY 1, 2013SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: 32 ON DEATH ROW CAN SEEK REVIEW OF SENTENCES
They were facing certain death by hanging, but may now get a lifeline as changes to the
- NOVEMBER 30, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: YISHUN TRIPLE MURDER CONVICT TO HANG
The Chinese national who killed three women in a flat in Yishun three years ago was
- NOVEMBER 14, 2012SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: AMENDMENTS TO PENAL CODE PASSED IN PARLIAMENT
In Singapore, the mandatory death penalty will no longer be applied to murder cases where
OCTOBER 15, 2012SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: 34 ON DEATH ROW CAN REVIEW CASES UNDER LAW CHANGES
All 34 people now on death row in Singapore will get a chance to have their cases reviewed
- AUGUST 17, 2012SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
a man who was sentenced to hang for killing his girlfriend
a man who was sentenced to hang for killing his girlfriend
- AUGUST 15, 2012SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
a 25-year-old man facing the death penalty...
a 25-year-old man facing the death penalty...
- JULY 10, 2012SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE PLANS CHANGES TO MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY
Singapore is proposing changes to its mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking and murder
- JULY 3, 2012ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a Chinese national sentenced to hang, in Singapore...
a Chinese national sentenced to hang, in Singapore...
- MAY 16, 2012MexicoDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: 5 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER DRUGS
A Malaysian court sentenced to death three Mexican brothers and two other people
MARCH 21, 2012IndiaDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN FACES DEATH PENALTY FOR STABBING AND KILLING WOMAN
In Singapore, Indian national Bijukumar Remadevi Nair Gopinathan, 36, was convicted of the murder
- MARCH 6, 2012SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Azman Sanwan, 41, a prisoner convicted of trafficking...
Azman Sanwan, 41, a prisoner convicted of trafficking...