Singapore executed a woman for the first time in 19 years after she was convicted of trafficking heroin, adding to its uptick in capital punishment since hangings resumed in 2022.
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Two days before Djamani's execution, 56-year-old Mohammed Aziz Hussain was executed by hanging for trafficking approximately 50 grams of heroin, and another drug trafficker is set to be executed next week, the Associated Press reported. The last known time a woman was hanged in Singapore was in 2004 when 36-year-old hairdresser Yen May Woen was executed for drug trafficking.international activists and the United Nations, all of whom say evidence shows that capital punishment does not deter illegal drug activity.
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