新加坡 - 死刑率前幾高的國家 - 新加坡

剛好看到這則報導, 出自本月Economist的City Guide-Singapore

http://www.economist.com/cities/briefing.cfm?city_id=SG

Death row

Singapore’s gallows are busy. The city-state's authorities execute as
many as 50 prisoners a year, a rate that Amnesty International,
a human-rights watchdog, suspects makes Singapore the world’s top
executioner relative to its size. Typically there is little international
fuss over the execution rate, except for when someone on death row is from
another country.

Nguyen Tuong Van from Melbourne was arrested in transit at Changi Airport
in 2002, carrying almost 400 grams of heroin. He was convicted, lost his
appeal, and had pleas for clemency from Canberra turned down. Now he is
set to die on December 2nd. The Australian government has been protesting
at the United Nations against his execution, but to no avail.

新加坡一年約有50個人被判死刑;(台灣2300萬人, "好像"才個位數死刑)
12/2 有個攜帶海洛因在樟宜機場轉機的澳洲男子將被行刑

突然著實有種新加坡真是個嚴刑竣法國家的感覺...

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