Asia: Stop executions and unfair trials

Headline Title: Asia: Stop executions and unfair trials 05 December 2011 A hardline group of Asian countries are defying the global trend against the death penalty and putting to death thousands of people after unfair trials every year, the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) said today in a new report. When Justice Fails: Thousands executed in Asia after unfair trials highlights, through the cases of eight people on death row, the struggle to secure a fair trial in 14 Asian countries, that taken together, execute more people than the rest of the world combined. "Only…

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