COMMENT | S'pore's execution of Nagaenthran violates international law

COMMENT | The Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (Adpan) condemns the execution of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam by the Singaporean government on the morning of April 27, 2022, at Changi Prison.

Nagaenthran was a young man convicted of trafficking 42.72 grammes of diamorphine (heroin). Nagaenthran had an intellectual disability and a diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

His execution in Singapore was conducted in defiance of international law and norms prohibiting the execution of a person with intellectual or psychosocial disability (United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities).

In addition, the execution also failed to meet the international threshold of the "most serious crimes"...