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Japan's death row draws fire Amnesty International accuses the government of timing hangings to minimise publicity and keeping the condemned in isolation for years without any rights.
(From South China Morning Post)
Byline: Julian Ryall in Tokyo
Amnesty International has condemned Japan's treatment of its death row inmates as being brutal, inhumane and degrading.
In its annual report on the human rights situation around the world for 2002, the London-based human rights watchdog took Japan to task for refusing to abolish the death penalty. Amnesty also condemned the United States' use of the death penalty.
As of the end of last year, 76 countries around the world had abolished the death penalty, while more than 20 had not executed an inmate in more than 10 years, according to the report.
In Japan, there were 57 people waiting their turn to be executed by hanging as of the end of last year, the organisation said.
The oldest Japanese death-row prisoner is now 80 and has spent 30 years in jail.
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