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Japan: Further information: New minister says executions should ...
18 January 2012

OGAWA Toshio, who was appointed Minister of Justice on 13 January 2012, has said that he intends to resume executions. Last year Japan did not carry out any executions ...

Urgent Action       ASA 22/001/2012

Wire, January/February 2012. Vol. 42, issue 01
1 January 2012

1) The Agenda 2) Up Front: Life after eviction: The young women of Njemanze 3) Death from the skies 4) A migrant's journey 5) Stand up for the rights of migrants ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/001/2012

Japan: Secretary General of Amnesty International pledges on-going ...
14 December 2011

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 14 December 2011. Index: ASA 22/005/2011. Secretary General of Amnesty International pledges ...

Public Statement       ASA 22/005/2011

Asia: ADPAN: Lethal injustice in Asia: End unfair trials, stop ...
6 December 2011

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Document       ASA 01/029/2011

Asia: ADPAN: When justice fails: Thousands executed in Asia after ...
6 December 2011

More people are executed in the Asia-Pacific region than in the rest of the world combined. Add to this the probability that they were executed following an unfair ...

Report       ASA 01/023/2011

Asia: ADPAN: Lethal injustice in Asia: End unfair trials, stop ...
6 December 2011

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Document       ASA 01/029/2011

Asia: ADPAN: Lethal injustice in Asia: End unfair trials, stop ...
6 December 2011

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 ...

Document       ASA 01/029/2011

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6 December 2011

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Document       ASA 01/029/2011

Japan: Minister pressured to carry out executions
30 November 2011

Thirteen members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult found guilty of carrying out the gas attack in the Tokyo subway in 1995 are at imminent risk of execution. The Japanese ...

Urgent Action       ASA 22/004/2011

Japan: Minister must not cave in to pressure on death penalty ...
28 October 2011

Japan's justice minister says he will sign execution warrants, despite announcing last month he would not back the death penalty.

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