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Singapore: Independent rights experts urge immediate end to ‘unlawful use’ of death penalty

UN News · Official source · Aug 18, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC

Independent UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts on Tuesday condemned the execution of at least 16 people in Singapore for drug-related offences this year and urged the country to end its “continued and unlawful use of capital punishment.”

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World · BBC News

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Society · NPR

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