アムネスティ国際事務局1996年3月15日付発表のニュースです。

757   シンガポール：タイ人５人が処刑
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　　　シンガポール
　　　
　　　タイ移民労働者５人を処刑。国際的にひろがった度重なる減刑
　　　を求める声にもかかわらず、シンガポール政府はタイ移民労働
　　　者５人に対する死刑を本日執行した。シンガポール政府によれ
　　　ば彼ら５人は92年に起きたビルマ人の殺害と、93年のインド人
　　　の殺害とにかかわるギャング団のメンバーとされている。タイ
　　　の非政府組織も彼らの処刑を止めるよう要請したし、タイ政府
　　　も代表者を派遣した。タイでは死刑囚たちの家族が面会できる
　　　ように旅費のための基金を募っていたところだった。だがうち
　　　３人の家族が面会にいく前に処刑はおこなわれてしまった。
　　　シンガポールでは94年以来9人のタイ人を含む121人の処刑がお
　　　こなわれている。その多くが薬物事犯である。秘密裡におこな
　　　われる処刑も多いため、実数はこれよりも高いと考えられる。
　　　大統領による恩赦の制度はあるが、ほとんど行使されたことは
　　　ない。
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AI INDEX: ASA 36/02/96
15 MARCH 1996

SINGAPORE : AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNS EXECUTION OF FIVE THAI MIGRANT 
WORKERS

Amnesty International strongly condemned today's execution of five Thai 
nationals in Singapore and calls on the Singapore Government to stop any 
further executions.

      We are dismayed that these executions went ahead despite repeated 
appeals for the Singapore Government to commute all death sentences to 
periods of imprisonment,' Amnesty International said today.

      The death penalty is a violation of the most fundamental of human 
rights --  the right to life -- and is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and 
degrading punishment.'

     Thai migrant workers Prawit Yaowbutr, Manit Wangjaisuk, Panya 
Marmontree, Prasong Bunsom and Panya Amphawa were hanged at dawn after 
having been convicted of the murder of two Indian workers in September 1993 
and a Burmese worker in November 1992. Singapore police stated that the men 
were part of a gang that had staged robberies at a series of work-sites. 

     Appeals for clemency by Thai non-governmental groups and 
representations by Thai officials failed to halt the executions. Funds were 
raised in Thailand to enable the families of the condemned men to visit 
Singapore but the hangings took place before relatives of three of the men 
arrived.

     The organization remains concerned that the death penalty in often 
imposed on those with fewer resources for their defence, or whose social or 
migrant status makes them vulnerable to instances of unfair conviction. The 
risk of executing the innocent is inescapable, yet the death penalty is 
irrevocable.

      Executions are inherently unjust and arbitrary however terrible the 
crime -- moreover there is no reliable evidence that executions have a 
unique deterrent effect on criminals,' Amnesty International said.

      The high rate of executions in Singapore is a serious source of 
concern.  At least 121 people, including nine Thais, have been executed 
since 1994, mostly for drugs-related offences. There are fears that the 
total figure may be significantly higher as many executions are not 
publicised. While Singapore's President has discretionary powers to commute 
death sentences, he rarely exercises clemency.

      The organization will continue to work for clemency for people 
condemned to death all over the world, including Thai migrant workers in 
Asia,' Amnesty International said. 

ENDS

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