Trinidad & Tobago: Further information on death penalty: Anthony Briggs

Anthony Briggs was hanged on the morning of 28 July 1999. Amnesty International is concerned that the execution went ahead despite the fact that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights had recommended that his death sentence be commuted, and the Inter-American Court on Human Rights had issued an order to the government to preserve his life until it had considered his case.

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