Coverage dated July 6, 2022

Singapore hangs 2 drug traffickers despite opposition

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Two drug traffickers have been hanged in Singapore, bringing the number of executions this year in the city-state to four. Activists said the prison department gave the belongings and death

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  1. Omaha World-Herald

    Singapore hangs 2 drug traffickers despite opposition (opens Omaha World-Herald)

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    Two drug traffickers have been hanged in Singapore, bringing the number of executions this year in the city-state to four. Activists said the prison department gave the belongings and death

  2. Local News 8

    Singapore executes two drug traffickers despite pleas for clemency (opens Local News 8)

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    By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Singapore on Thursday executed two men for drug trafficking, ignoring pleas for mercy from human rights campaigners who fear “a new wave” of hangings in the Asian city state notorious for its strict drugs laws.

  3. Digital Journal

    Singapore conducts two more executions: activists (opens Digital Journal)

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    Singapore hanged two drug traffickers Thursday in what campaigners condemned as a "shameful and inhuman punishment", taking to four the number of

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