Promise of Violence

New Naratif's Southeast Asia Dispatches

To suppress speech and dissent regarding the cruelty of capital punishment, the Singaporean government has issued POFMAs on activists who dared to challenge their harsh authority. How do you make sure your voice is heard under such stringent measures then?

In part one of a two-part Southeast Asia Dispatches episode, we talk to Kokila Annamalai from the Transformative Justice Collective about abolishing the death penalty in Singapore, and the larger role that capital punishment plays in asserting control over Singaporean society.