Human Rights Watch writes appeal to President Tony Tan
The Human Rights Watch has appealed to President Tony Tan to commute the death sentence of Malaysian national Yong Vui Kong, who was found guilty of possessing 42.27 grams of heroin in 2008.
In a letter to Tan, the international non-governmental organisation (NGO) which conducts research and advocacy on human rights, said that Yong’s case “raises additional human rights”......
It said that article six of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) states that the death penalty should only be limited to the “most serious crimes”.
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It appears that Human Rights Watch would prefer to see more people and their innocent family dead or suffering from drug addictions than to stamp out drug traffickers.
HRW's stands is that drug trafficking is "less serious" than government carrying out its duties to protect its citizens and other innocent lives.
Why doesn't it appeals to Western countries to stop the killing in the middle-east?
The Human Rights Watch has appealed to President Tony Tan to commute the death sentence of Malaysian national Yong Vui Kong, who was found guilty of possessing 42.27 grams of heroin in 2008.
In a letter to Tan, the international non-governmental organisation (NGO) which conducts research and advocacy on human rights, said that Yong’s case “raises additional human rights”......
It said that article six of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) states that the death penalty should only be limited to the “most serious crimes”.
Rest of news article:
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/human-rights-watch-writes-appeal-to-president-tony-tan-.html
It appears that Human Rights Watch would prefer to see more people and their innocent family dead or suffering from drug addictions than to stamp out drug traffickers.
HRW's stands is that drug trafficking is "less serious" than government carrying out its duties to protect its citizens and other innocent lives.
Why doesn't it appeals to Western countries to stop the killing in the middle-east?