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Singapore drug penalties
![Singapore to Resume Executions After 6-month Break Singapore to Resume Executions After 6-month Break](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-04-20-151713.jpg)
Singapore to Resume Executions After 6-month Break
By Associated Press
Critics say that Singapore's death penalty has mostly snared low-level mules and done little to stop drug traffickers and organized syndicates.
![Kirsten Han on the Fight to Abolish the Death Penalty in Singapore Kirsten Han on the Fight to Abolish the Death Penalty in Singapore](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-01-24-012558.jpg)
Kirsten Han on the Fight to Abolish the Death Penalty in Singapore
By Sebastian Strangio
"The more I learn about the death penalty... the more I am convinced that it’s a brutal injustice that has no place in any society."
![Richard Branson Declines Singapore’s Invitation to Debate Death Penalty Richard Branson Declines Singapore’s Invitation to Debate Death Penalty](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-11-01-042343.jpg)
Richard Branson Declines Singapore’s Invitation to Debate Death Penalty
By Sebastian Strangio
The 72-year-old, a longtime anti-death penalty campaigner, instead called for "a constructive, lasting dialogue involving multiple stakeholders."
![Singapore Executes Convicted Drug Trafficker After Two Year COVID-19 Hiatus Singapore Executes Convicted Drug Trafficker After Two Year COVID-19 Hiatus](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-06-24-5.jpg)
Singapore Executes Convicted Drug Trafficker After Two Year COVID-19 Hiatus
By Sebastian Strangio
The hanging of Abdul Kahar Othman has raised activists' concerns of an impending “surge in execution notices.”
![Singaporean Earns Temporary Reprieve in Capital Drug Case Singaporean Earns Temporary Reprieve in Capital Drug Case](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-09-17-3.jpg)
Singaporean Earns Temporary Reprieve in Capital Drug Case
By Sebastian Strangio
But for those opposing the death penalty in Singapore, the decision marks just one tiny step toward abolition.
![A Drug-Free World? Try Some 21st Century Remedies A Drug-Free World? Try Some 21st Century Remedies](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-15_13-40-02.jpg)
A Drug-Free World? Try Some 21st Century Remedies
By Han Zhang
A new report suggests a strategic sea change is needed to combat Asia’s persistent drug problem.
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