Taiwan carried out its first execution in five years late on Jan 16, upsetting both rights groups and the European Union, which called on the government to maintain its de facto moratorium on the death penalty.

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Taiwan carries out first execution in five years, upsetting EU, rights groups

Despite Taiwan's reputation as Asia's most liberal democracy, the death penalty remains broadly popular according to opinion polls, though in recent years it has only rarely been carried out and violent crime is relatively low

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Amnesty International urges Taiwan’s government to immediately halt any plans to carry out further executions

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Taiwan’s first execution in five years sparks outcry: ‘Shocking and cruel’

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.

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Taiwan carried out its first execution in five years and the first under President Lai Ching-te, upsetting rights groups and the European Union.

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Huang Lin-kai was sentenced to death in 2017 for the 2013 murder of his ex-girlfriend and her mother.

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32-year-old Huang Lin-kai was sentenced to death in 2017 for the Oct. 1, 2013 rape and murder of his ex-girlfriend and murder of her mother - Anadolu Ajansı

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In Taiwan, a 32-year-old man who strangled his ex-girlfriend and her mother in 2017 was executed on Thursday. It had been almost five years since the death penalty was carried out in the country. According to human rights groups, the execution represents a “huge decline” for human rights on the island.

In Taiwan is donderdag een 32-jarige man die zijn ex-vriendin en haar moeder had gewurgd in 2017 geëxecuteerd. Het was al bijna vijf jaar geleden dat de doodstraf uitgevoerd werd in het land. Volgens mensenrechtengroeperingen betekent de executie een “enorme achteruitgang” voor de mensenrechten op het eiland.

Taiwan voert voor het eerst in bijna vijf jaar de doodstraf uit

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Taiwan implements the death penalty for the first time in nearly five years

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TAIPEI -- 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.

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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.

Wenige Demokratien auf der Welt vollstrecken die Todesstrafe. Taiwan, wo die Meinungsfreiheit einen besonders hohen Stellenwert hat, gehört dazu. Ein Erschießungskommando hat dort nun einen Mörder hingerichtet. In der Bevölkerung steht eine Mehrheit Exekutionen positiv gegenüber.

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