【台灣】國際特赦組織譴責執行五名死刑犯之執行

國際特赦組織譴責台灣政府於今日執行5名死刑犯。  死刑的執行方式為槍決，且政府在執行前並未事先通知死刑犯的家屬及律師。

國際特赦組織一再呼籲台灣政府即刻暫停執行死刑，並推動全國性辯論以討論未來廢除死刑之可行性。

今日（4/29）執行的5名死刑犯分別為鄧國樑、劉炎國、戴文慶、杜明郎，與其弟弟杜明雄。

2013年時，一支獨立國際人權專家團隊獲台灣政府之邀，審查台灣履行聯合國人權公約的情況。專家建議台灣政府應更努力廢除死刑，同時也敦促政府在仍未廢除死刑前，審視所有死刑相關程序及實質性保護措施。

距離台灣上次死刑執行是一年前的2013年4月，當時共執行6名死刑犯。  同一年尚有7宗死刑判決。目前，台灣共有57名判決死刑定讞待執行者。

在台灣，總統有權行使特赦或減刑。  然而，由於缺乏申請的完備程序，許多近年來請求特赦或減刑之死刑犯，在死刑執行前均未獲得回覆。

國際特赦組織呼籲台灣政府，確保受死刑宣告者皆能有效行使其請求特赦獲減刑之權利。  此項權利規範於台灣已國內法化之《公民與政治權利國際公約》中。

國際特赦組織在任何情況下都反對死刑，不論犯罪的本質、情狀；有罪、無辜或其他罪犯性格、或是國家執行死刑的方式為何，皆沒有例外。

29 April 2014

Amnesty International condemns the execution of five people in Taiwan today.  The death sentences were carried out by firing squad without informing their families or lawyers in advance.

Amnesty International has repeatedly called on the Taiwan authorities to impose an immediate moratorium on the use of the death penalty and to engage in a national debate about abolishing its use in the future.

Those put to death today were:
Deng Kuo-liang
Liu Yan-kuo
Dai Wen-ching
Tu Ming-lang
and his brother Tu Ming-hsiung

In 2013, an International Group of Independent Experts, invited by the authorities to review Taiwan’s implementation of UN human rights covenants, recommended that the government of Taiwan intensify its efforts towards abolition of capital punishment.  They also urged the government, pending abolition, to observe all relevant procedural and substantive safeguards relating to the use of capital punishment.

Taiwan last executed six people a year ago in April 2013. Seven death sentences were imposed in Taiwan that year.

There are currently 57 people under sentence of death in Taiwan.

In Taiwan the president has the power to grant either pardon or commutation.  However, there are no established procedures for individuals to apply for this.  Many of those executed in recent years had sent requests for pardon or commutation, but received no reply before execution.
Amnesty International calls on Taiwan authorities to ensure that those sentenced to death have an effective opportunity to exercise their right to seek a pardon or commutation of their sentence in line with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which Taiwan has incorporated into national law.

Amnesty International opposes the death penalty in all cases without exception regardless of the nature or circumstances of the crime; guilt, innocence or other characteristics of the individual; or the method used by the state to carry out the execution.