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The execution of an inmate on Thursday by Taiwan, marking the first death penalty carried out by the island’s authorities in five years, has sparked condemnation from rights groups.. Death row ...
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 ...
A sign at Taoyuan Airport warning that drug trafficking is punishable by death. Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Taiwan.The list of capital offences, for which the death penalty can be imposed includes murder, treason, drug trafficking, piracy, terrorism, and especially serious cases of robbery, rape, and kidnapping, as well as military offences, such as desertion during war time.
By the end of March, Chen Yi had ordered the imprisonment or execution of the leading Taiwanese organizers he could identify. His troops reportedly executed, according to a Taiwanese delegation in Nanjing , maybe between 3,000 to 4,000 people throughout the island, though the exact number is still undetermined. [ 28 ]
Extrajudicial executions and killings are not included. In general, executions carried out in the territory of a sovereign state when it was a colony or before the sovereign state gained independence are not included. The colours on the map correspond to and have the same meanings as the colours in the charts.
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's government raised its travel warning for China on Thursday, telling its citizens not to go unless absolutely necessary, following a threat from Beijing last week to ...
Tang's trial and execution brought light to the discrimination faced by the indigenous Taiwanese in society, which coincided with the lifting of martial law and increased discussion on human rights in Taiwan. The Wu Feng legend, about a Qing merchant who befriended and "civilized" aborigines, was also questioned for its racist implications. [10]
Chen Jui-chin (Chinese: 陳瑞欽; pinyin: Chén Ruìqīn; 25 July 1949 – 19 April 2013) was a Taiwanese serial killer and one of the country's most infamous criminals. . Because of his gambling addiction, he owed debts to loan sharks, and in order to pay them off, he turned towards violenc