Amnesty International deeply regrets the hanging of four men -- Akinaga
Kaoru, 61, Nakamoto Masayoshi, 64, Nakamura Masahuru, 61 and Sakamoto
Masahito, 41 -- in Japan today, Thursday 10 April.
Amnesty International strongly condemns the hanging in Japan today of
three men: Keishi NAGO (aged 37), Masahiko MATSUBARA (aged 63), and
Takashi MOCHIDA (aged 65). “The Japanese government has shown its disregard for both the universal
protection of human rights and the clear international trend to move
away from using the death penalty,” said Tim Parritt, Deputy Director
of Amnesty International’s Asia Pacific Programme.
Thousands of people, including Amnesty International members and supporters from around the world, have taken action to mark the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo.
Thousands join worldwide protests marking the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo on 11 January.
A new resolution on survivors of Japan’s military sexual slavery system urges the Japanese government to acknowledge, apologize and compensate the victims.
Amnesty International strongly condemns and regrets the hanging of three men (FUKAWA Hiroki, FUJIMA Seiha, and IKEMOTO Noboru), in Japan today (7 December). These executions have taken place despite the UN General Assembly’s adoption of a resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on executions on 15 November.
Three men who escaped the death penalty joined forces in New York to campaign for a global abolition of this irreversible punishment.
As part of its campaign on Stop Violence Against Women, and Justice for Survivors of Japan's Sexual Slavery System (comfort women), Amnesty International organized a speakers' tour in 4 European capitals – The Hague, Brussels, Berlin and London- with three former comfort women from 1 – 14 November, 2007.
Stories of the death penalty around the world - an animated slideshow narrated by Colin Firth
Despite the global trend towards abolition, Japan retains the
death penalty. Executions are typically carried out in secret and prisoners are informed only hours before their execution, w
