🚨A young man with an intellectual disability could be imminently executed in Singapore.🚨
With just 48 hours until his hearing, here’s everything you need to know. >>>
A THREAD 🧵 reprieve.org/uk/nagaenthran… #SaveNagaenthran
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With just 48 hours until his hearing, here’s everything you need to know. >>>
A THREAD 🧵 reprieve.org/uk/nagaenthran… #SaveNagaenthran
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Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, called Nagen by his family, has intellectual disabilities. He heartbreakingly doesn't fully understand he could be executed in just a matter of days.
He was just 21 years old when a drug trafficker tricked him into smuggling drugs into Singapore.
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He was just 21 years old when a drug trafficker tricked him into smuggling drugs into Singapore.
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Nagen was preyed on by the trafficker, who threatened to kill his girlfriend if he didn’t carry the drugs into Singapore.
Nagen has an intellectual disability.
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Nagen has an intellectual disability.
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He was sentenced to death despite expert evidence confirming that he has an IQ of 69, borderline intellectual functioning and various other mental impairments.
Nagen's impairments make him extremely vulnerable.
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Nagen's impairments make him extremely vulnerable.
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When arrested at 21, he should have been helped, but instead, he was sentenced to death. He has spent almost a third of his life on death row.
If his appeal is rejected in 48 hours’ time, Nagen could be executed imminently.
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If his appeal is rejected in 48 hours’ time, Nagen could be executed imminently.
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Countries across the world have laws to protect people with intellectual disabilities like Nagen from the death penalty. And under international law, Nagen should not be executed.
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Nagen’s brother said:
“I don’t think he has any idea that he’s going to be executed. When I visited him he talked about coming home and eating home-cooked food with our family. It broke my heart that he seemed to think he was coming home.”
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“I don’t think he has any idea that he’s going to be executed. When I visited him he talked about coming home and eating home-cooked food with our family. It broke my heart that he seemed to think he was coming home.”
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Yet, unless he is pardoned by the Singaporean President, Nagen could be killed in a number of days.
Our community have taken to Twitter in their thousands to demand a pardon from Nagen from the Singaporean government. You can join them here: clicktotweet.com/VXHoZ
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Our community have taken to Twitter in their thousands to demand a pardon from Nagen from the Singaporean government. You can join them here: clicktotweet.com/VXHoZ
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Reprieve’s lawyers, investigators and campaigners are working around the clock for Nagen. We take on the cases that no one else will.
If you want to help fight human rights abuses, sign up to campaign with us today. reprieve.org/uk/nagaenthran…
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If you want to help fight human rights abuses, sign up to campaign with us today. reprieve.org/uk/nagaenthran…
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