Get S’pore to review death penalty laws, UN members told
Four human rights groups have urged UN member states taking part in Singapore’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in 2026 to call on the island-state to review its use of the death penalty following the execution of Malaysian K Datchinamurthy.
Suaram and Pusat Komas, together with Singapore-based Think Centre, and Thailand’s Forum-Asia, said in a joint statement that Singapore should review and abolish the capital sentence and impose a moratorium on already decided cases.
“At a time when many nations are moving away from the death penalty, Singapore’s continued use of capital punishment sends a troubling message to the world,” Forum-Asia executive director Mary Aileen Diez-Bacalso said in the statement.
The UPR, conducted under the UN Human Rights…
