# singapore drug trafficking death penalty

Singapore executes first woman in nearly two decades for drug trafficking | CNN » Singapore on Friday hanged a woman convicted of attempting to traffic an ounce of heroin, the first execution of a female prisoner in nearly two decades in what human rights groups decried as a “grim milestone” for the city state and its notoriously harsh anti-drug laws. Cnn.com

Trump's claim about drugs, death penalty in China, Singapore » President Donald Trump floated the idea of imposing the death penalty on drug dealers in the United States during his Pe Politifact.com

Is the death penalty the answer to drug crime? » 10 October is the World Day Against the Death Penalty, a day when people around the world speak out together to condemn this punishment for what it is – a brutal sanction that violates the right to life. More than half the world’s countries agree with them. But a minority of countries do not, going to great lengths to justify their continued use of it. Among the many justifications they use is that the death penalty deters drug trafficking. But is the death penalty really the answer to drug crime – or any crime, in fact? Here are eight facts that should convince you it’s not. Amnesty.org

Singapore: Stop two imminent and unlawful executions for drug trafficking   » In response to news that two executions for drug-related offences have been set to take place on Wednesday 26 July and Friday 28 July, Amnesty International’s death penalty expert Chiara Sangiorgio said:    “It is unconscionable that authorities in Singapore continue to cruelly pursue more executions in the name of drug control. There is no […] Amnesty.org

Singapore: UN human rights experts urge immediate death penalty moratorium » GENEVA (12 May 2022) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Government of Singapore to immediately impose a moratorium on the use of the death penalty, and said its continued use of capital punishment for drug-related crimes ran contrary to international law. Ohchr.org

r/SingaporeRaw on Reddit: Anti-drugs activist Bruce Matthieu VS anti-death penalty activist Kirsten Han » Posted by u/karotch - 78 votes and 78 comments Reddit.com

Singapore Announces Plans to Execute More Death-Sentenced Prisoners Convicted of Non-Violent Drug Offenses » Human rights advocates are criticizing the Singapore government’s plan to execute more death-sentenced prisoners convicted of non-violent drug offenses.… Deathpenaltyinfo.org

Singapore executes two Africans » Hangings for drug trafficking charges come despite international clemency pleas. Aljazeera.com

r/singapore on Reddit: Singapore vs Death Penalty » Posted by u/cd-t - 1,288 votes and 244 comments Reddit.com