Human rights groups urge Singapore to ditch the death penalty

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Human rights groups urge Singapore to ditch the death penalty

15 August 2023
ABC News

Singapore has executed 15 people on drugs related offences since March last year.

A 45-year-old woman was hanged on Friday, the first woman to be put to death in the city-state for nearly 20 years.

Guest: Helen Clark, former New Zealand Prime Minister, Chair of the Global Commission on Drug Policy and a Commissioner of the International Commission Against the Death Penalty