US EditionTaiwan carries out first execution in five years, upsetting EU, rights groups
- Taiwan executed a death row inmate, Huang Lin-kai, on January 16, marking the first execution since President Lai Ching-te assumed office last year
- The Constitutional Court ruled in September 2020 that the death penalty is constitutional but only for the most serious crimes with the most rigorous legal scrutiny
- The reactions to the execution were mixed. The National Human Rights Commission advocates for abolishing capital punishment and expressed deep regret over the Ministry’s decision.
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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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