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Racing against the clock: Seven days of horror and hope
The week leading up to an execution demands the impossible from families, as the clock ticks down to the senseless murder of your beloved.
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"If I could give my life in exchange for his, I would": Yet another sister fights for her brother's life
The Singapore state plans to take Tangaraju Suppiah's life next week. His sister, like so many other sisters of death row prisoners, is determined to…
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Kokila Annamalai
Comrades: A complicated love story
Notes on solidarity, heartbreak and repair within activist spaces.
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The grief and gifts of abolitionist struggle
The many lives we lost this year - in the form of executions, worker deaths and more - has both deepened my intimacy with despair, and strengthened my…
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24 death row prisoners file historic suit claiming they have been denied access to justice, despite prison placing barriers
One of them is Abdul Rahim bin Shapiee, who is scheduled for execution this Friday, 5 August 2022
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Only our disobedience will tear down the death penalty
Nazeri bin Lajim faces execution next Friday. He is Nazira’s brother. He is also ours. How many of our brothers will we watch them kill?
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“I will fight till the noose is around my neck”
Kalwant Singh and his family will not give up, and neither should we.
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Reading against the machine
The following is an essay I wrote for Ridiculous, Untold Tales of Singapore, a collection of essays that was published earlier this year by Function 8…
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Learning from the Margins
Learning from the Margins
Reflections on activism, community organising and social justice work in Singapore.

Learning from the Margins

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