Attendees at the demonstration holding signs during a protest against the death penalty at Speakers' Corner in Singapore on Sunday, April 3, 2022. - AFP
SINGAPORE, April 3, 2022 (AFP): Hundreds of protesters in tightly controlled Singapore staged a rare demonstration against the death penalty Sunday as fears grow the city-state is set to carry out a wave of hangings.
Authorities last week conducted the country's first execution since 2019 when they hanged a drug trafficker. Several other death row convicts recently had appeals rejected.
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