★
ps: 80% Taiwanese people don't believe Taiwan
justice, why do Taiwanese support judicial system's death-penalty judgments ?
Do they want some dead to keep society safe? keep peace of mind ?
From
[The Life of David Gale] we saw misjudgment in the US, Taiwan's justice
system is much worse.
★
USA
Country Reports on Human Rights
practices, 2021-3-30:
Some political commentators and academics, however, publicly questioned the
impartiality of judges and prosecutors involved in high profile, politically
sensitive cases.
★
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pic. : International Federation For Human Rights Motion condemns the
use of death penalty in Taiwan,
10-25-2019
(Taiwan encroaches the human rights and violates CICCPR - The International
Covenant on Civil & Political Rights)
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★ 80% Taiwanese
don't believe Taiwan justice, why do Taiwanese support their
death-penalty judgments??
|
| |
pic.:
The sites-group was ranked No.1
"Taiwan death penalty" on Bing
at 4-15-2021;
No.1
"death penalty in
Taiwan" on Bing
at 4-3-2020;
No.3
at 10-25-2019
Some politicians involving persecutions again
and again may deserve heavy punishment or death penalty
The Hill, 2021-3-28: We (the US) will be
guilty of a similar crime against
humanity if we stand by and watch slavery or murder happen to Taiwanese...
Similarly, Taiwan will be guilty of a similar crime against
humanity if the government stands by and watches persecutions happen to Taiwanese
everywhere !
Worse than that, Taiwan is suspected to commit
those persecution crimes, according to
Transitional justice Committee, Dec. 2020
|
★
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◆ Death penalty is a hot
controversial issue, bur none of Presidential candidates talks about
it, even in their official policy speech / Apple Daily, 12-25-2019
pic. left:
Right before Presidential election, Taiwan P.M.
initiates a topic
of death penalty
issue / Apple
Daily, 10-26-2019
ps:
Apple Daily, editorial 7-17-2018 :
The use of death penalty should not be served as political tools
in democratic country
......
The
United Daily News, Taiwan, 6-7-2015:
Justice should not be a
tool for politics, It's not civilized that carrying out the
executions
reeks of political calculations by a government attempting to
gain points by quelling public anger.
pic. middle:
100+ countries in FIDH
condemns Taiwan
seriously infringes the human rights of prisoners and violates
<CICCPR
- The International Covenant on Civil & Political Rights> / UDN,
10-26-2019
pic. right: Taiwan keeps taking double-faced tactics -
declaring
abolishing the death penalty while facing
international pressures,
however,
using capital punishments to fool voters while facing elections
/ UDN, 10-26-2019
|
The European Union, Bruxelles, 31/08/2018:
The execution in Taiwan ends the moratorium on the
application of the death penalty that had de facto been in
place since May 2016.
The European Union is unequivocally opposed to the
use of capital punishment. It is a cruel and inhumane
punishment, which fails to act as a deterrent and represents
an unacceptable denial of human dignity and integrity.
the European Union looks to the Taiwanese authorities to
immediately reintroduce a moratorium on the death penalty,
as recommended by international experts in March 2013, as a
first step to its total abolition.
(brief)
<AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL
>,
UK,
8-31-2018:
deeply disappointing that Taiwan resumed the implementation
of a cruel punishment,
an act that casts a shadow over Tsai’s presidency,
after President Tsai Ing-wen had stated clearly
that her government aims to abolish the death penalty.
The death penalty is the ultimate denial of human rights and
can never deliver justice or accountability.
(brief)
◎
◎
British
Labour Party, MP (member of parliament) etc in Taiwan's
Apple Daily,
10-1-2018
: Taiwan's international status and reputation are in
critical condition or grave danger for
that Taiwan resumed the
implementation of death punishment recently, Taiwan retreats
a big step, don't let media opinions influence this issue.
( translation -
英國工黨國會議員施凱爾等: 死刑處決讓台灣國際聲望與地位全都岌岌可危, 台灣已往後倒退一大步, 勿讓輿論主導死刑存廢 -
brief)
◎◎
<
AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL
>:The execution of six
people in Taiwan is a regressive decision, politically
motivated decision that does not deliver justice. / Taiwan's
Apple Daily 4-7-2016.
Apple Daily, opinion,
6-9-2018 : There's no objective standard of death penalty in Taiwan,
some people were executed to meet political demands. (
https://tw.news.appledaily.com/headline/daily/20180609/38039200/
)
Apple Daily, opinion, 7-17-2018 : Death penalty execution absolutely
should not be used as a tactic to serve other purposes,
particularly, turning the political tide, this is what a democratic
country suppose to be !
◎
<AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL
>: Research demonstrates that the
death
penalty is
often
applied in a
discriminatory
manner,
being used
disproportionately
against the
poor,
minorities
and members
of racial,
ethnic and
religious
communities.
The death
penalty is
often
imposed
after a
grossly
unfair
trial.
Scientific studies have consistently failed to
find convincing evidence that the death penalty deters crime
more effectively than other punishments.
At June 5, 2015, The EU ( the European Union)
calls on the authorities in Taiwan to introduce an immediate
moratorium on executions as recommended by international
experts in March 2013 following Taiwan's first human rights
report, and as observed in Taiwan from 2006 to April 2010.
In 2014,
EU expressed regret
over Taiwan's death penalty again following executions (FocusTaiwan
& BBC, 5.1.2014). Taiwan's human rights groups
questioned Taiwan's execution this time with political
purpose (trying to shift the focus on
the signing of the service
trade agreement with red China, and nuclear factory issue).
Taiwanese people don't quite trust judicial
system,
National Chung Cheng university's survey
(head-page of the Liberty Times, 2-23-2016) found:
more than 84% Taiwanese people don't
believe judges, nearly 80% Taiwanese
don't believe
the impartiality of
Taiwan's prosecutors, and
public trust on Taiwan
judiciary system keeps falling down in
the past 8 years. According to
"2012 Taiwan Human Rights
Indicator Survey" (Dec. 4, 2012),
about 53.5 percent of the
respondents gave the protection of judicial human rights a
negative rating, compared with 21.4 percent who rated it
positively (<Taiwan News> Dec. 5, 2012).
Taiwan has executed
death penalty
(1) Taiwan follows public's views (not experts'
opinions) (2) Taiwan did not follow his commitment to
abolish death penalty (China Times, Dec. 23, 2012).
◎◎
★
Apple
Daily, 9-1-2018:
First execution under
President Tsai Ing-wen
.
The United Daily (聯合報)、4-24-2018
: Death penalty
always is the key issue to influence Taiwanese people's
trust on judiciary, the government has not executed death
penalty for 2 years ....◎
★<Amnesty
International>
UK ,
2-22-2017
some positive
developments in
Three
longstanding death penalty cases but several violent
incidents sparked public calls for retaining the punishment.
◎◎
★<Amnesty
International>
UK ,
4-6-2016
In "EXECUTING COUNTRIES IN 2015" list, Taiwan ranks No.12.
(top 4 are CHINA, IRAN, PAKISTAN, SAUDI ARABIA)
Amid public anger at the murder of an eight-year-old
girl in Taipei, the authorities carried out unrelated
executions even though in some instances the appeals
process had not been exhausted. The Minister of Justice
denied that the executions were carried out to assuage
public sentiment and stated they had been planned well
in advance.
◎
★
<Liberty Times>, <China Times>,
toronto.singtao.ca
,
etc, 4.23.2016
Supreme Court : Death penalty is accordance with the provisions of the
Constitutions of ROC Taiwan, all judges should not take 2 conventions of human
rights as excuses, capital punishment is for " punishment ", not for
"enlightenment"/"education".
◎
★<Amnesty
International>
UK
, 6-5-2015
The execution of six
people in Taiwan today is a regressive decision that does not deliver justice,
Amnesty International said.
...“The public outrage at the horrific murder of
an innocent schoolgirl is totally understandable and the perpetrators of such
heinous crimes must face justice, but the death penalty is never the answer,”
◎
★
The EU ( the European Union)
,
6-5-2015 The
EU again calls on the authorities in Taiwan to introduce an
immediate moratorium on executions
http://eu-un.europa.eu/articles/en/article_16513_en.htm
Following the latest set of six executions
in Taiwan on 5 June 2015, the European Union recalls its opposition to
the use of capital punishment.
We recognise the suffering of the victims of the crimes involved and
express our sincere sympathy to their families. However, the EU
reiterates that the death penalty can never be justified and calls for
its universal abolition.
The EU calls on the authorities in Taiwan to introduce an immediate
moratorium on executions as recommended by international experts in
March 2013 following Taiwan's first human rights report, and as observed
in Taiwan from 2006 to April 2010.
◎
★ The
United Daily News, Taiwan, 6-7-2015
Taipei mayor Ko stated
:
Justice should not be a
tool for politics, It's not civilized that carrying out the
executions reeks of political calculations by a government attempting to
gain points by quelling public anger. The eyes of
lady justice (Themis) should be masked -
Justice should be independent and fair, not be served as a political
tool to reflect public will.
◎
★
<Amnesty
International>
UK ,
2-25-2015
AI's concerns
included Taiwan’s continued use of capital punishment,
prison conditions, etc.
It said little
progress has been made toward the abolition of the death
penalty as Taiwan continued to impose death sentences and
carry out executions. It also cited the
“overcrowding, unsanitary conditions and lack of adequate
medical care” in Taiwanese prisons and detention centers.
◎
★
National Chung Cheng university's survey
&
head-page of the Liberty Times, 2-23-2016
83%
Taiwanese people are against
the abolition of
capital punishment.
◎
◎
★
<BBC>(Chinese version
on the net), 4.30.2014,
<Focus Taiwan>, 5.1.2014death penalty
EU expresses regret
over Taiwan's death penalty again following executions
(5.1.2014). Taiwan's human rights groups questioned
Taiwan's execution this time with political purpose (shifts
the focus on
the signing of the service
trade agreement with red China, and nuclear factory issue).
Taiwan government
(Ministry of Justice) denied this.
◎
★
<BBC> ,
<Amnesty
International>
UK ,
Dec. 22, 2012
Taiwan has executed
six death row inmates, the first use of the
death penalty this year...
Campaigning human rights group
Amnesty
International has condemned the move as "cold-blooded
killing".
The executions - by shooting - "made a
mockery of the authorities' stated
commitment to abolish the death penalty",
Amnesty said in a statement.
"It is abhorrent to justify taking
someone's life because prisons are
overcrowded or the public's alleged support
for the death penalty," the statement said.
◎
★
<Amnesty
International>
UK , 2013
report
(
http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/taiwan/report-2013
)
Six men were executed –
all in December; 55
prisoners were awaiting
execution and had exhausted
all appeals. From December,
hearings of all death
penalty cases at the Supreme
Court were required to
include oral arguments on
sentencing and related
issues by both prosecution
and defence lawyers. The
panel of judges would then
also take into consideration
the opinion of victims’
families in determining the
sentence.
On
31 August, after 21
years of litigation, the
High Court reconfirmed a
“not guilty verdict” and
freed the “Hsichih
Trio”. Other death
penalty cases similarly
involving torture and
forced confessions
remained unresolved.
◎
★
French Ministry of Foreign , and European Affairs, Dec. 26, 2012
France has
condemned the execution of six
death-row inmates by
Taiwan ― A
statement issued by the French Ministry of
Foreign and European Affairs said Paris
“condemns the execution of six sentenced to
death in Taiwan [on] December 21, 2012."
France urged the
restoration of the
moratorium on capital
punishment observed in
Taiwan between 2006 and
2010 and called on the
country to “open a
national debate on the
future of the death
penalty.”... The
international human
rights group criticized
the Taiwanese government
for breaking its
previous commitments to
abolish the death
penalty and failing to
fulfill its
international legal
obligations under the UN
human rights covenants
of which it is a
signatory — the
International Covenant
on Civil and Political
Rights and the
International Covenant
on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights...
2 experts — Manfred
Nowak, a professor at
the University of
Vienna, and Eibe Riedel,
a member of the UN
Committee on Economic,
Social and Cultural
Rights — wrote to Ma
last month asking him to
guarantee that no
executions would be
carried out before their
visit.
◎
★ <Washington Post>,
USA, Dec. 22, 2012
...But Wang Chien-hsuen, head of the government
watchdog Control Yuan, said Taiwan should keep
capital punishment to maintain justice and public
safety. “Many people have advocated abolishment of
capital punishment to follow the international
trend, but we should have our own standards,” Wang
said. In a statement, human rights group Amnesty
International condemned Taiwan’s government for
“credibly claiming it wants to see an end to the
death penalty when it continues to conduct such
actions.”...
◎
★
<Amnesty International>,
<European Parliament> members,
Dec. 23, 2012 (rpt by <Taipei
Times>)
Taiwan has breached its commitments: EU
Taiwan came under pressure from the EU, European Parliament
members and Amnesty International, who said it has failed to
honor its commitment to end the death penalty after it
executed six death-row inmates on Friday, bringing the
number of people executed to 15 in the past three years,
following a more than four-year hiatus since late 2005.
In
a statement released via the European Economic and Trade
Office in Taipei ... the action “goes
against the abolitionist trend worldwide.”
The EU is opposed to the death penalty in all cases and
has repeatedly called on authorities to establish a legal
moratorium as a matter of urgency and to work toward
abolishing the death penalty.
Ashton said the EU recognized the suffering of victims
and their families when faced with terrible crimes and
expressed its sincere sympathy to them, but that it believed
that the abolition of the death penalty enhanced human
dignity and the progressive development of human rights.
The EU also opposes the use of the death penalty because
the sentence “does not serve as an effective deterrent” to
crimes, and because “any miscarriage of justice, which is
inevitable in any legal system, is irreversible,” Ashton
said.
Ashton called on the Taiwanese government to avoid
undertaking new executions, but instead to take concrete
steps toward reducing the use of capital punishment to allow
a de facto moratorium to resume.
Central News Agency reported from Brussels that Barbara
Lochbihler, chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights in the
European Parliament, said that she viewed Friday’s
executions as a breach of Taiwan’s commitments.
★
<Amnesty International >, London,
UK,
May
24, 2012
Taiwan handed down
more death sentences in 2011 than in any year in the past
decade, despite stating that its long-term goal was
abolition of the death penalty.
★
<Amnesty International >, London,
UK,
May 13, 2011
Amnesty International's annual report
'The State of the
World's Human Rights 2011'
Taiwan was criticized over issues to
do with the
death
penalty, freedom of expression,
justice and migrants' rights.
Amnesty International Taiwan deputy secretary-general Yang Tsung-li
criticized the government, saying it used a lack of public consensus as an
excuse to uphold capital punishment.The executions last year were carried out
one day after a hearing on the issue, and the executions in March came less than
one month after Ma offered an apology to the family of Chiang Kuo-ching (江國慶),
who was found to have been wrongfully executed.
The report also criticized Taiwan’s government for what it said was its
failure to deliver on promises to amend the Assembly and Parade Act (集會遊行法) that
limits citizens’ rights to assembly and free speech.
It also voiced concerns over the slow progress to enact a judges’ act to
address corruption scandals involving high court judges and over the working
conditions of migrant workers.
◎
★
<United
Daily News> Taiwan
, Dec. 11, 2012
In Human
Rights Day, Taiwan's minister of Justice (法務部長)
: Taiwan definitely will execute death penalty
according to the law (won't be affected by international opinions), but does not
have time-schedule ...
◎
★
<the
Liberty Times>
, April 21, 2012
Taiwan Alliance to End the Death
penalty executive director said the saying about abolishing capital punishment
in Taiwan's first human rights report released yesterday is a lie in public
(公然說謊)...
◎
★
<the
Liberty Times>
, Dec. 11, 2012
DPP's Policy Research Committee: a recent poll
indicates that 67 % of Taiwanese are
dissatisfied with the government's protection of
judicial human rights. (司法人權),
64.9%
of Taiwanese are dissatisfied with
political human rights. (政治人權)...
◎
★<China Post>, Dec. 11
2012
DPP chairman: Taiwan
currently faces two major human rights crises: prosecutors that
abuse their powers to
persecute the people, ... a recent poll indicates that
62.3 % of Taiwanese are dissatisfied with
the government's protection of human rights.
◎
★
<Taipei Times>, Dec. 8, 2012
According
to a survey of public opinion by the government-affiliated Taiwan
Foundation for Democracy (conducted by Shih Hsin
University),...
Corruption was the target of the greatest public dissatisfaction, scoring 1.9
points. It was followed by the government’s ability to respond to people’s
needs, which garnered 2 points, and external interference
in judicial rulings, at 2.1 points.
◎
★
<Taipei Times>, Dec. 11 2012
The Democratic
Progressive Party: The erosion of human rights under KMT's
administration, in particular regarding the judiciary
and media, has placed Taiwan’s proud democracy in jeopardy and requires
attention from the international community...
◎
★
<Apple
Daily News>
, Dec. 5, 2012
Acording to "2012 Taiwanese Human Rights index
survey" (conducted by 中華人權協會), 17.9% Taiwanese think Taiwan's overall human
rights in progress, 36% think it is in retreat,
25.8%
Taiwanese think Taiwan's political human rights
in retreat, 17.1% think it is in progress,
38.4%
Taiwanese think Taiwan's
judiciary
human rights in retreat, 13.1% think it is in
progress.
◎
★
<Apple
Daily News>
Editorial, Mar. 6, 2012
In July,
2011, the Taiwan's Dept. of Defense already gave
penalty to those generals involving the Chiang Kuo-ching(江國慶) legal case
(The Air Force wrongfully executed a little soldier by
mistake or by intension to treat him as a goat), why
do they open this to the public till now? .....
It is
ridiculous that those officials and generals only
got minor punishments, e.g., major demerit, minor
demerit, defamation punishment ......,
top-positioned generals still can have veteran
pension paid by Taiwanese people's taxes.
It's particularly too ridiculous that those
officials had already retired, so those army's
punishments like major demerit, minor demerit, etc
are totally lost the function (useless) to them...
(ps: Chinese editorial :
...
江國慶冤案之慘已不必重複。但對他嚴刑拷打、屈打成招、畫押槍斃的軍官們，國防部的懲處是什麼？大家護好牙齒，說出來不要笑掉大牙。與案情有關的23人，從申誡一次到大過兩次不等，其中空軍總司令黃顯榮、作戰司令陳肇敏...等上將劊子手們，被處以申誡到記過不等的處分，退休俸不受影響。很好笑吧。更好笑的是這批傢伙大多已退役，現在搞什麼申誡、記過有個屁用，拿老百姓當白癡啊！......江國慶案的處分，就是欺瞞選民、欺負選民、不正直、不道德，勝之不武，不知羞恥……
)
◎
★
<Amnesty International >, London,
U.K.,
Mar 4, 2011
More than 70 people remain on death row in Taiwan.
Family members are not informed about scheduled executions in
advance. They learn about the executions afterwards when they are
invited to collect the body from the mortuary.
◎
★
<Taipei times>,
Mar 5, 2011
Five executions spark concern in EU, Germany
In a statement issued following the executions, EU High Representative for
Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton said she deeply regretted
the execution and urged Taiwan “not to undertake further executions.”
The German government also expressed concerns over the execution,
with Taiwanese Representative in Berlin Wei Wu-lien (魏武煉) being
summoned to the German Federal Foreign Office (AA), according to a
press release posted on its Web site.
◎
★
<Apple
Daily News>
Taiwan,
public
editorial,
Oct. 12, 2011
by Frederic Laplanche , Europe
UK
―
Criminal Cases Review Commission : in the past 14
years, 320 cases (decide on a verdict) are misjudged.
USA ― From 1973 on,
138
death-penalty prisoners (decide on a verdict)
are misjudged.
Asia ―
Many countries like Philippines, Hong Kong, Macau
(Macao) etc already abolished the death penalty, Korea has temporary
stopped the execution for 13 years...
◎
★ <BBC >
Mar. 12, 2010
Taiwan's justice
minister has resigned after failing to win
support for her opposition to the death
penalty.
... Ms Wang's comments were criticised by
President Ma Ying-jeou, by her own
Kuomintang party and by victims of violent
crime. An opinion poll
compiled after her
remarks suggested three-quarters of the
Taiwanese public supported capital
punishment. ...The last executions in Taiwan were of two
people in 2005. A total of 49 people died
between 2000 and 2005.
◎
★
<Wikipedia > Oct. 15, 2010
Controversial death sentences
There are accounts in which the organs were
retrieved from the executed prisoners while they
were still medically alive. Torture also exists in the investigation process,
which may interfere with the credibility of the
verdict......
◎
★
<ifeng>
of HK, <the
China Times>
of Taiwan, etc
Jan. 29, 2010
◎
National Chung
Cheng University
: research/studies ―
more than 60%
Taiwanese people
doubt of
Taiwan's
judicial
investigation/interrogation/trial
( ps:
司法机關侦審案件)
.
◎
Around 54%
Taiwanese people
worry about they
or their
families will be
victims suffered
by criminals ...
◎
★ <Apple
Daily News>
Taiwan,
April 23, 2010
by
professor
,
Institute of
Sociology,
Academia Sinica
...... Taiwanese
people don't
trust the
judicial system,
about 88%
of Taiwanese
think some
death-penalties
may be
misjudgments.
◎
★ <AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL
> Press Release 30
April 2010
◎
...... “The
world was
looking to
the
Taiwanese
authorities
to choose
human
rights, and
to show
leadership
on the path
towards
abolishing
the death
penalty in
the
Asia-Pacific.
Today’s
executions
extinguished
that hope,”
said
Catherine
Baber.
The
Taiwanese
Alliance to
End the
Death
Penalty has
raised
concerns
over the
legality of
the
executions.
The
Taiwanese
authorities
stated today
that they
are still
considering
alternatives
to the death
penalty, but
such
commitments
are of
little value
while
executions
continue.
139
countries
have
abolished
the death
penalty in
law or
practice.
Amnesty
International
calls upon
the
Taiwanese
authorities
to
immediately
establish a
moratorium
on
executions
and take all
the
necessary
steps to
abolish the
death
penalty in
the country.
Background
Amnesty
International
opposes the
death
penalty in
all cases,
as a
violation of
the right to
life and the
ultimate
cruel,
inhuman and
degrading
punishment.
Amnesty
International
believes
that the
death
penalty
legitimizes
an
irreversible
act of
violence by
the state.
Research
demonstrates
that the
death
penalty is
often
applied in a
discriminatory
manner,
being used
disproportionately
against the
poor,
minorities
and members
of racial,
ethnic and
religious
communities.
The death
penalty is
often
imposed
after a
grossly
unfair
trial.
But even
when trials
respect
international
standards of
fairness,
the risk of
executing
the innocent
can never be
fully
eliminated –
the death
penalty will
inevitably
claim
innocent
victims, as
has been
persistently
demonstrated.
Scientific
studies have
consistently
failed to
find
convincing
evidence
that the
death
penalty
deters crime
more
effectively
than other
punishments.
Two
resolutions,
calling for
a worldwide
moratorium
on
executions
with a view
to
abolishing
the death
penalty,
were adopted
at the
United
Nations
General
Assembly in
December
2007 and
2008 by an
overwhelming
majority of
states.
◎
★
<Taipei Times
> Taiwan
Mar. 15, 2010
EDITORIAL : Taiwan and the
death penalty
...... Her ( minister of justice Wang Ching-feng (王清峰))
resignation, however, spotlights two weaknesses in the
government’s approach to public policy. The first is that
the administration is so preoccupied with the economy that
it has let other policy issues slide. ...... The death
penalty aside, judicial reform has long been promised and is
long overdue. ......
The second weakness has to do with the government’s
approach to the death penalty itself. The Presidential
Office has acknowledged that abolishing the death penalty is
a global trend and promised to make an effort to phase it
out....... Innocent
people are routinely imprisoned or executed for
crimes they did not commit. The reasons are many:
flawed evidence, coercive interrogation, political
interference and so forth. There have been
numerous such cases in Taiwan. ......
◎
★
<Reuters
> April 30, 2010
Death penalty returns in Taiwan, 4 executed
Reuters) - Taiwan
executed four people on Friday, the justice ministry said, in the island's first
cases of capital punishment since 2005 when the sentence became a sensitive
political issue.
◎
★
<European Union> Brussels, press
May 1, 2010
Statement by the spokesperson of HR on the resumption of
executions in Taiwan
The spokesperson of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign
Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission C. Ashton
has issues the following statement today:
The High Representative condemns the executions in Taiwan ...
The High Representative deplores the
resumption of executions in Taiwan. The European Union had
been encouraged by the de facto moratorium on executions which had been
in place since 2005 and which had been continued by the adm. of
President Ma Ying Jeou.
The European Union's strongly held view
in favour of the abolition of capital punishment is well known.
The European Union considers that the abolition of the death penalty
contributes to the enhancement of human dignity and the
progressive development of human rights.
It is the European Union's view that the death penalty does not serve as
an effective deterrent, and that any miscarriage of justice, which is
inevitable in any legal system, is irreversible.
.......
The European Union urges the Government of Taiwan immediately to
resume the de facto moratorium on the death penalty, pending legal
abolition, which should include all cases still on death row in Taiwan.
The European Union further urges the Government of Taiwan to resume a
policy towards eventual abolition of the death penalty, in line with the
global trend towards universal abolition.
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Germany, May. 1, 2010
Germany
condemns the
executions in
Taiwan ...
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★ <Amnesty International
>
Mar. 18, 2010
Amnesty International has noted the recent debate on the death penalty sparked
by former Minister of Justice Wang Ching-feng's open support for a moratorium on
executions and her subsequent resignation. We write to ask you to ensure that
Taiwan remains firm in reaching for its stated goal of
abolition of the death penalty.
...... In a time of heightened political debate, we urge you to demonstrate leadership
and continue on the path toward abolition.
ps: by
Claudio Cordone
Secretary General (ad interim)
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★ <Taiwan
Alliance to End the Death Penalty
> June 2010, Letter about the death penalty in the Taipei Times
The retention or abolition of the death penalty can be
considered a reflection of a society's values. Abolition
shows that a society gives priority to upholding human
rights. Retention suggests that values of hatred and
vengeance linger in society.......
However, the death penalty provides no guarantee of
justice. Abolishing the death penalty doesn't mean that
people who commit crimes escape justice. There is still
strong punishment in the form of long prison sentences.
The death penalty also creates the risk of a gross
miscarriage of justice when innocent people are executed.
......
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★
<United Daily News>
Taiwan, Mar. 13, 2010 by
professor, Lee J.T.
If I am killed, I will tell the killer before I die that " I will forgive
you"...
... The criminal rate is not very high in those nations without capital
punishment (death penalty), the criminal rate is not very low in those
countries with death penalty...
Justice is always/usually blind.
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★
<Apple Daily
News>,
Mar. 11, 2010
by Taiwan's
minister of
justice Wang Ching-feng
Theme:
"rationality and
tolerant"
...
Different judge
may make
different
judgment
according to
same
evidences/proofs
....
"Everyone has
the right to
life, liberty
and security of
person", by <The
Universal
Declaration of
Human Rights> ,
Article 3.
(see www.un.org)
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★<Liberty
Times
>
Taiwan, 2010.02.06
by
member TAHR
(Taiwan
Association for
Human Rights)
We must discuss
this issue
rationally and
carefully ...
"Populism"
may not really
stand by and
speak for
ordinary people
in Taiwan ...
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