Singapore to execute first woman in nearly 20 years: rights groups


Singapore imposes the death penalty for certain crimes, including murder and some forms of kidnapping. - Reuters

SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore is set to hang two drug convicts this week, including the first woman to be sent to the gallows in nearly 20 years, rights groups said Tuesday (July 25), while urging the executions be halted.

Local rights organisation Transformative Justice Collective (TJC) said a 56-year-old man convicted of trafficking 50 grams (1.76 ounces) of heroin is scheduled to be hanged on Wednesday at the Southeast Asian city-state's Changi Prison.

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