UN Special Rapporteur to the UN Human Rights Council Philip Alston is calling on Singapore to stop tomorrow’s execution of a Nigerian for heroin trafficking. Alston charges that Singapore violated the international standard of imposing the death penalty only upon clear and convincing evidence, instead requiring the defendant to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he did not know he was carrying heroin. Alston further stated that Singapore’s mandatory death sentence for drug trafficking does not meet international human rights standards.
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