Taiwan carried out its first execution in five years and the first under President Lai Ching-te, upsetting rights groups and the European Union.

Taiwan carried out its first execution in five years.

This is the first case of capital punishment under President Lai Ching-te, who took office last year.

Rights groups and the European Union condemned Taiwan’s use of capital punishment and called on the country to apply and maintain a de facto moratorium.

  • ArbitraryValueEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    Apparently they just shoot the condemned rather than trying to build weird contraptions like the USA does.