I condemn Singapore's inhumane hanging of a man found guilty of trafficking one kilo of cannabis.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/alviinaalametsa/status/1651232605814116355
Human rights activists have rightly criticized the evidence in the case for being weak and the trial for not being fair.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65395390.amp
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/alviinaalametsa/status/1651232705797926915
Singapore should follow Thailand's example in decriminalizing and regulating the cannabis market and let go of its barbaric custom of executing people.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/alviinaalametsa/status/1651232783224696841
In addition to being inhumane, mandatory death penalties have already been abolished in neighboring Malaysia as they are also an ineffective deterrent.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/alviinaalametsa/status/1651232849243111425
The global war on drugs has failed.
It has not decreased the use or supply of illegal drugs. It has only enriched organized crime groups around the world, made them more violent and deepened problems for already vulnerable communities.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/alviinaalametsa/status/1651232916100317189
A new global approach focusing on harm reduction and regulation is needed. Criminalization wastes resources of law enforcement and the judicial system without reducing harms, but by actually causing them.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/alviinaalametsa/status/1651233021037559809