Jailed For Speaking Out Against the Death Penalty
Alan Shadrake has been jailed in Singapore for writing a book about the country’s use of the death pemalty. Here’s an extract from the report on the BBC.
A British author of a book about the death penalty in Singapore, Alan Shadrake, has lost his appeal against a six-week jail sentence.
The 76-year old, convicted of insulting the judiciary, will undergo medical tests before beginning his sentence.
His book, Once A Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock, alleges a lack of impartiality in the implementation of Singapore’s laws.
It’s about time, that the death penalty was abolished everywhere. Jailing seventy-six-year old authors doesn’t do the case of those who believe in it much good.
The Anonymous Widower 
I didnt know Singapore had a death penalty. I agree it should be banned everywhere in the world. Yes, putting the author in jail for six weeks is bad, but in come countries, he would be sentenced to death himself.
Comment by liz | May 27, 2011 |