US EditionTaiwan carries out first execution in five years, upsetting EU, rights groups
- Taiwan executed death row prisoner Huang Lin-kai on January 16, 2025, marking the first execution in five years, according to the Ministry of Justice.
- Human rights groups condemned the execution, stating it was an attempt by the Democratic Progressive Party government to distract from political issues.
- The European Union expressed its opposition to the death penalty and urged Taiwan to maintain a moratorium, emphasizing the inhumane nature of capital punishment.
- Amnesty International Taiwan's director called the execution a huge setback for human rights in Taiwan and urged for a moratorium on executions.
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First Taiwan execution since 2020 sparks international condemnation
Amnesty International denounced Taiwan’s execution of Huang Linkai on Thursday, calling the event a “shameful setback” as it marked the first execution in Taiwan since 2020. Director of Amnesty International Taiwan E-Ling Chiu stated: “The execution of Huang Linkai (黃麟凱) was carried out in violation of constitutional and international safeguards on the use of the death penalty, and while an appeal filed by his lawyer to stop the execution was st…
Taiwan carries out first execution in five years, upsetting EU, rights groups
Taiwan carried out its first execution in five years late on Thursday, upsetting both rights groups and the European Union which called on the government to maintain its de facto moratorium on the death penalty.
In Taiwan, a criminal has been executed for the first time in almost five years.
Few democracies in the world carry out the death penalty. Taiwan, where freedom of expression is particularly important, is one of them. A firing squad has now executed a murderer there. The majority of the population is positive about executions.
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