Singapore drug crime - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 01 Dec 2024 23:56:06 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Singapore drug crime - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Singapore hangs fourth person in three weeks https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/12/02/singapore-hangs-fourth-person-in-three-weeks/ Mon, 02 Dec 2024 04:51:10 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=178632 Singapore hanged a 35-year-old Singaporean-Iranian man for drug trafficking on Nov 29, its fourth in less than a month, despite appeals from Tehran to "reconsider" his execution. The United Nations and rights groups say capital punishment has no proven deterrent effect and have called for it to be abolished. Still, Singaporean officials insist it has Read more

Singapore hangs fourth person in three weeks... Read more]]> Singapore hanged a 35-year-old Singaporean-Iranian man for drug trafficking on Nov 29, its fourth in less than a month, despite appeals from Tehran to "reconsider" his execution.

The United Nations and rights groups say capital punishment has no proven deterrent effect and have called for it to be abolished. Still, Singaporean officials insist it has helped make the country one of Asia's safest.

Masoud Rahimi Mehrzad, a Singaporean citizen born in the city-state to a Singaporean mother and an Iranian father, was convicted in 2013 for drug trafficking.

Appeals against his conviction and sentence, as well as petitions for clemency from the president, had been dismissed. After he was informed of his impending hanging, Masoud filed an 11th-hour appeal to stay his execution, which was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on Nov 28.

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Singapore hangs fourth person in three weeks]]> 178632 Singapore hangs second prisoner in days https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/08/12/singapore-hangs-second-prisoner-in-days/ Mon, 12 Aug 2024 05:51:05 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=174388 Singapore hanged a 59-year-old man for drug trafficking, authorities said, the second execution in the city-state in less than a week. The United Nations and rights groups say capital punishment has no proven deterrent effect and have called for it to be discontinued. Singaporean officials, however, insist it has helped make the country one of Read more

Singapore hangs second prisoner in days... Read more]]> Singapore hanged a 59-year-old man for drug trafficking, authorities said, the second execution in the city-state in less than a week.

The United Nations and rights groups say capital punishment has no proven deterrent effect and have called for it to be discontinued. Singaporean officials, however, insist it has helped make the country one of Asia's safest.

"The capital sentence of death imposed on a 59-year-old Singaporean was carried out on Aug 7," the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said in a statement.

The man was convicted of trafficking "not less than 35.85" grams (1.3 ounces) of pure heroin.

Trafficking more than 15 grams of heroin merits the death penalty under Singapore's tough drug laws.

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Singapore hangs second prisoner in days]]> 174388 Singapore urged to abolish death penalty https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/04/27/singapore-urged-to-abolish-death-penalty/ Thu, 27 Apr 2023 05:50:25 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=158120 An international rights group has called upon the Singapore government to halt the impending execution of a man convicted of drug trafficking and urged the repeal of the death penalty in the country. In a press statement on April 24, the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) condemned the Singapore government's use of the Read more

Singapore urged to abolish death penalty... Read more]]> An international rights group has called upon the Singapore government to halt the impending execution of a man convicted of drug trafficking and urged the repeal of the death penalty in the country.

In a press statement on April 24, the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) condemned the Singapore government's use of the death penalty for drug-related offenses which do not meet the threshold of the "most serious crimes."

"FIDH reiterates its condemnation of the Singaporean government's ongoing imposition of the death penalty, in particular for offenses that do not meet the threshold of the most serious crimes," the group said.

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