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Taiwan: justice delayed in “Hsichih Trio” case

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
PUBLIC STATEMENT

AI Index: ASA 38/005/2010
10 December 2010

While the Supreme Court considers an appeal against the “not guilty verdict” in the cases of Liu Bing-lang, Su Chien-ho and Chuang Lin-hsun, collectively known as the “Hsichih Trio”, Amnesty International urges the Taiwanese authorities to promptly address flaws in this judicial proceeding, including allegations of torture and immediately establish a moratorium on the use of the death penalty as a first step towards its abolition.

23 November 2010
ASA 38/2010 (中文聲明請見這裡 )

Taiwan – ADPAN welcomes “not guilty” verdict in “Hsichih Trio” case

ADPAN, the Asia-Pacific network which campaigns for the abolition of the death penalty welcomes the important decision to acquit the “Hsichih Trio”. The Taiwan High Court found Su Chien-ho, Liu Bing-lang and Chuang Lin-hsun not guilty on 12 November.

Death penalty is danger to all: Meeropol
Children fundation's director talks about personal experience, urges more constructive alternation
By Dennis Engbarth
Taiwan News, Staff Reporter
Page 2, 2010-07-05   

In an exclusive interview, Robert Meeropol, vice-chair of Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights and the founder and executive director of the Rosenberg Foundation for Children, discussed with Taiwan News Chief Editorial Writer Dennis Engbarth how his experience as a child whose parents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, were executed by the United States government for "conspiracy to commit espionage" at the height of the "anti-communist" Cold War period known as "McCarthyism" led to opposition to the death penalty.

U.S. group of murder victims' families argues against death penalty

Taipei, July 2 (CNA) State execution of convicted murderers does not guarantee peace of mind for the families of the victims, an international non-governmental organization said in Taipei Friday.

"Executing someone helps no one... Killing another human being does not undo that act of violence," said Robert Meeropol, vice-chair of the board of directors of the Murder Victims' Families For Human Rights (MVFHR).

TAIWAN
ADPAN Regrets Use of the Death Penalty and Appeals for the Lives of those under Sentence of Death
AI Index:  ASA  38/002/2010 (3 June 2010) (中文請見這裡 )

The Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) regrets the decision made on 28 May by the Justices of the Taiwan Constitutional Court (of Judicial Yuan) to reject a petition made on behalf of 44 death row inmates. 

This petition filed by the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP) to the Constitutional Court aimed to highlight that the use of the death penalty was unconstitutional and there were flaws in the legal procedure regarding these cases. The petition was expected to provide a chance to open retrials for these cases or to save the 44 prisoners from execution.