Viet Nam: Hundreds at risk after 'deplorable' resumption of executions

Headline Title: Viet Nam: Hundreds at risk after 'deplorable' resumption of executions 06 August 2013 The first execution in Viet Nam in more than 18 months is outrageous and puts hundreds of death row prisoners at risk, Amnesty International said.Nguyen Anh Tuan, convicted for murder in 2010, was reportedly executed today in the Ha Noi Police prison through lethal injection – the first execution in the country since around January 2012.Tighter EU regulations on the export of the drugs needed for lethal injections meant that Viet Nam did not carry out any executions during…

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