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Further information on medical letter-writing action (see ASA 38 ...
14 December 1992

This paper updates AI's concerns about the harvesting of organs from executed prisoners for use in organ transplants and the possible role of members of the medical ...

Report       ASA 38/006/1992

Further information on medical letter writing action (ASA 38/11/91 ...
16 July 1992

AI has for some time been concerned about the removal of organs from prisoners executed in Taiwan for use in transplants. The first such case occurred in December ...

Report       ASA 38/005/1992

Taiwan: Amendment of Article 100 of the Criminal Code
31 March 1992

On 2 March 1991 a cabinet committee announced that Article 100 of the Criminal Code, which provides for imprisonment of people convicted of anti- state activities ...

Report       ASA 38/003/1992

Medical letter writing action: Taiwan: Executions and organ ...
20 March 1992

Amnesty International is concerned by the continued use of executed prisoners as a source of organs for transplantation in Taiwan. Legislation was introduced in ...

Report       ASA 38/004/1992

Writers and journalists action 1992
1 November 1991

This paper contains seven appeal cases for writers and journalists who have been threatened, imprisoned or even killed because of their professional activities. ...

Report       ACT 78/001/1991

Accion de escritores y periodistas de 1992 (9112s)
1 November 1991

Accion de escritores y periodistas de 1992 (9112s)

Report       ACT 78/001/1991

Taiwan: Arguments for the abolition of the death penalty
31 July 1991

Executions remain at a high level in Taiwan: in 1990 a record 78 people were executed, compared to 69 in 1989. The Government of Taiwan justifies the retention ...

Report       ASA 38/017/1991

Further information on UA 167/91 (ASA 38/07/91, 14 May) - Taiwan ...
20 May 1991

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Urgent Action       ASA 38/009/1991

UA 167/91 - Taiwan: Arrests: Chen Cheng-ran, Liao Wei-cheng, Wang ...
13 May 1991

EXTERNAL (for general distribution)AI Index: ASA 38/07/91. Distr: UA/SC. PLEASE ORGANIZE UP TO 20 APPEALS PER SECTION. UA 167/91Arrests14 May 1991. ...

Urgent Action       ASA 38/007/1991

Taiwan: death by execution takes 34 hours
31 March 1991

According to a report published in the China Post of 17 April 1991, death row prisoner Huang Chia-ching was executed and his body removed to hospital after the ...

Report       ASA 38/005/1991