Attendees holding signs during a protest against the death penalty at Speakers’ Corner in Singapore in April. - AFP
GENEVA (AFP): The United Nations said two men convicted of trafficking drugs were put to death in Singapore, voicing alarm at further planned executions.
"We deplore the hanging today of two men in Singapore and are deeply troubled by the planned execution of two others on Aug 5," UN Rights Office spokeswoman Liz Throssell said in a statement on Tuesday (Aug 2).
