Asia: ADPAN: Lethal injustice in Asia: End unfair trials, stop executions: Appeal cases

Index Number: ASA 01/029/2011
Date Published: 6 December 2011
Categories: Asia And The Pacific

In the Asia-Pacific region, thousands of people are being sentenced to death and executed every year after unfair trials, undermining the rule of law and violating the right to life, the right to a fair trial and the ban on torture and other ill-treatment. The appeal cases included in this document clearly demonstrate the very real dangers of applying the death penalty. To view ADPAN: Lethal injustice in Asia: End unfair trials, stop executions, please copy and paste this link into your browser: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA01/022/2011/en; to view ADPAN: When justice fails: Thousands executed in Asia after unfair trials, please copy and paste this link into your browser: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA01/023/2011/en