Speakers

Kirsten Han, Singaporean Journalist and Activist, @kixes @tjc_singapore

Kirsten is a journalist and anti-death penalty activist in Singapore. She has run her own newsletter "We, the Citizens" for the last 5 years and is the Managing Editor of the Mekong Review, an Asian literary magazine. Kirsten has supported the families of death row inmates in Singapore for over a decade. This work has led her and her colleagues at Transformative Justice Collective to be targeted by the Government and harassed, such as sitting outside Changi prison with tea-light candles for about 40 minutes the night before an execution.

Sara Kowal, Eleos Justice, @sarakowal @EleosJustice

Sara is Manager of Partnerships and Clinic for Eleos Justice, as well as Vice-President of the Capital Punishment Justice Project.She has practised exclusively in criminal law since 2003 and has extensive experience in defending complex prosecutions. In 2018, Sara was appointed to establish the Anti-Death Penalty Clinic at Monash, the first stage of Eleos Justice. The Clinic has been extremely popular with students and has been enthusiastically embraced by our partners. In November 2019, Sara joined the Executive of the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN).

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Eleos Justice

Our mission is to restrict and abolish the death penalty in the Asian region. With over 90 per cent of the world's executions taking place in Asia, we urgently need a coordinated approach to make lasting positive change. Eleos has the unique ability to offer vital advocacy, evidence-based research and teaching to become a leading hub for fighting the death penalty in the Asian region