The government took several measures to control the spread of the COVID-19 virus, some of which threatened the right to privacy. Amendments to the Prison Act failed to address concerns about rights of people on death row with psychosocial or intellectual disabilities. In August, a National Human...

Cheng Hsing-Tse is facing imminent execution in Taiwan after the prosecutor general rejected a request on 11 December to seek an extraordinary appeal. The Minister of Justice could sign an execution order at any moment.

A Taiwanese man, Chiou Ho-shun, is in imminent danger of execution. He was sentenced to death in 1989 after an unfair trial. On 25 August, the Prosecutor General rejected a request to seek an extraordinary appeal for a retrial.

Chong Deshu is at risk of imminent execution. His execution order was reportedly signed by the Minister of Justice on 1 December 2006. Under standard procedure, execution should have taken place three days after the notice of final judgment from the Ministry of Justice – that is, 4 December 2006....

Hsu Tzu-chiang faces an imminent execution following the Supreme Court’s rejection on 21 March, of his appeal against a death sentence for kidnapping and murder. He has always maintained his innocence and his only hope is that the State Public Prosecutor General, makes another extraordinary appeal...

Su Chien-ho, Liu Ping-lang, Chuang Lin-hsun (note corrected spelling): Strong indications surfaced on 18 September 1996 that the three men named above, who have been sentenced to death for robbery, rape and murder, are innocent and that they have been tortured by police into confessing to crimes...

The execution order concerning the above has been suspended. On 20 June, it was reported that, after Minister of Justice Liao Cheng-hao signed the execution order against him, it was discovered that an appeal for retrial was still under consideration by the High Court in the city of Tainan. The...

On 18 June 1996, Taiwan’s newly-appointed Minister of Justice is reported to have signed the order for Liu Chi-hsun’s execution. He may now be executed at any time. The above, a 29-year-old county council member from Yunlin district in central Taiwan who was sentenced to death on charges of murder,...

Su Chien-ho, Liu Ping-lang, Chuang Lin-hsiung: The above remain under sentence of death, despite widespread concern that they were convicted unfairly, on the basis of confessions extracted under torture. The three men had been sentenced in February 1995 on charges of robbery, rape and murder.

Chou Wei-cheng was sentenced to death by Taipei District Court on 12 July 1993 for kidnapping and holding to ransom businessman Hsu Ming-chuan. Two co-defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment. Like all prisoners under sentence of death, he is believed to be permanently kept in iron feet...

Former gang member Liu Huan-jong was executed on 23 March 1993. After his execution his heart and corneas were removed, following his reported wish to donate these organs. AI opposes the death penalty in all cases; it is also concerned about the ethical issues surrounding the use of organs from...

The Justice Ministry has denied a request by the lawyer of Liu Huan-jong, sentenced to death for murder in 1992, to present a new special appeal. AI fears that he may be executed later this month. AI is also concerned that, like all prisoners under death sentence, Liu Huan-jong has been wearing...

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