Trinidad and Tobago: Executions threatened by proposed constitutional change

Index Number: AMR 49/011/1996
Date Published: 29 September 1996
Categories: Americas, Trinidad & Tobago

The government of Trinidad and Tobago is attempting to pass legislation which would amend the country's constitution and allow it to carry out executions currently deemed unconstitutional. If the amendment is passed, prisoners that have been on death row for more than five years, will face imminent execution.