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…