Singapore To Hang Intellectually Disabled Death Row Inmates

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Lawyers acting for Singapore death row inmates Pausi Jefridin and Roslan Bakar are mounting a renewed effort to stop their execution scheduled at dawn tomorrow, after a bid to do so this afternoon was dismissed by the country’s Court of Appeal.
“A fresh judicial review application has been filed on an urgent basis this evening to prohibit the hangings of Pausi and Roslan.
“This pending application must be heard by the Singapore courts, and no execution must be carried out until this legal process is exhausted.
“We urge the Singapore government and the judicial authorities to ensure that the execution as scheduled tomorrow does not take place in view of Pausi and Roslan’s rights to pursue their pending legal actions to the conclusion,” the human rights group Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) said in a statement today.
The statement did not cite the reason for the court’s decision to dismiss today’s application for a review of their cases.
Pausi is a Malaysian citizen, whereas Roslan is a Singaporean. Both were convicted of drug trafficking offences in Singapore in 2010.
The LFL had contented Pausi only has an IQ of 67 which should be considered an intellectual disability, while Roslan likewise has borderline intellectual functioning.
It argued that they come within the protection of the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), and since Singapore is a signatory of the CRPD, their executions should be prohibited.
Previously, it was reported that Singapore courts have ruled that despite their IQ levels, “both Pausi and Roslan) had displayed competence and comprehension of what they were doing when they carried out their act of trafficking in the drugs”. - Mkini

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