Singapore hardens opinion against death penalty as ‘sense of injustice’ grows

In a rare protest, activists gathered in Singapore this month to call for executions to be halted.
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The news was delivered in just a few cold sentences. An appeal for clemency for Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a man on death row whose case has prompted a global outcry, had failed.

“Please be informed that the position...remains unchanged” wrote Singapore president’s principal private secretary, in a letter to Nagaenthran’s family: “The sentence of death therefore stands.”