Awaken Resistance

Awaken Resistance To respect and recognise the human dignity rights of Singapore key population of people who under drugs/substance use disorder/dependency.

Awaken Resistance, is a non-profit network movement, where our humble work and effort is totally based from the volunteer services of the kind-hearted peer-community and individual ally support. Awaken Resistance, is a local drug-based networking movement, that promotes and campaign for the appropriate, adequate and transparency drug-related awareness among the public societal in Singapore. To be the platform voices for Singapore drug user community especially on Singapore (young and trans*) women who use drugs or who have committed drug-related criminal offences - as well as the rights of their families. To advocate through the national and international level for an comprehensive and proportionality balance drug-related policy approach, that underscores through the fundamental principles of human rights bills.

23/11/2022

Singapore must stand firm on its principles, even in face of foreign pressures on issues such as the death penalty. Second Home Affairs Minister Josephine Te...

21/11/2022

NORWAY'S PRISON SYSTEM: ‘The most important thing is how we treat people’ — Norway has developed a prison system that looks a bit different from that in the ...

21/11/2022

‘If we want people to make different choices, we have to give them better options’ — Here’s how we can rethink our response to people struggling with addicti...

25/09/2022

Most of these drug abusers who do not face other concurrent criminal charges are channelled towards rehabilitation. Read more at straitstimes.com.

10/09/2022

In this video, IDPC presents the key elements that constitute our gold standard for the decriminalisation of drug use and associated activities.

31/07/2022

GENEVA (29 July 2022) – UN experts* today condemned the ex*****on of Nazeri Bin Lajim, a 64-year-old Malay Singaporean national convicted of drug offenses and urged the Government of Singapore to halt plans to execute individuals on death row for drugrelated charges. There has been a sharp rise in...

Aside from Nazeri, many other Singapore death row inmates 'will be dying soon too if nothing is done' to put a stop agai...
19/07/2022

Aside from Nazeri, many other Singapore death row inmates 'will be dying soon too if nothing is done' to put a stop against Singapore death penalty...

Singapore resumed ex*****ons in March 2022, after a two-year hiatus. According to local activists, there are an estimated 60 inmates on death row, most of wh...

06/04/2022

'Decriminalisation of people who use drugs: A guide for advocacy - An introduction' is intended to be a user-friendly resource for people from all sectors wh...

24/03/2022

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention's study on drug policy in 2021 highlighted concerns with the arbitrary detention of people in drug rehabilitation...

21/03/2022

The story share model is an important tool for deconstructing the interanalized narratives around the drug war. Traditional storyshare models often reinforc...

14/03/2022

Strong Families Programme (Video Presentation)

12/03/2022

An interview with Anton Basenko, chair of the Ukrainian Network of People Who Use DrugsThe Russian aggression against Ukraine causes tremendous suffering for...

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