For the first time in almost 20 years, the Singapore authorities have executed a woman.

Singapore authorities on Friday executed a woman for the first time in almost 20 years, she was convicted of drug trafficking, the Central Narcotics Bureau said in a statement.

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Saridevi Jamani was sentenced to death in 2018 for selling about 30 grams of heroin.

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“The death sentence handed down by Saridevi Jamani was carried out on July 28, 2023,” the statement said.

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According to the department, the court of appeal rejected the woman’s complaint, her petition to the country’s president for clemency was also not granted.

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The execution took place despite the active protests of human rights activists. According to them, the last time capital punishment was applied to a woman in Singapore was in 2004. Then a 36-year-old hairdresser was hanged for drug trafficking.