Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Taiwan: Broken promises as six executed

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21 December 2012 Taiwan’s execution of six people on Friday makes a mockery of the authorities’ stated commitment to abolish the death penalty, Amnesty International said. Zeng Si-ru, Hung Ming-tsung, Huang Hsien –cheng, Chen Chin-huo, Kuang Te-chiang and Tai Te-ying were executed earlier today at different locations across Taiwan.The executions by shooting are the first in the country this year. Five people were executed in 2011 and 55 people are awaiting execution and have exhausted all appeals."This is cold-blooded killing by the Taiwanese authorities. How can the government credibly claim…

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