Taipei, June 10 (CNA) Taiwan-based Hong Kongers and local civic groups organized a rally and march in Taipei Saturday to mark the fourth anniversary of Hong Kong's mass protests in June 2019.
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An international panel of human rights experts on Friday called on Taiwan to end the “cruel and degrading” practice of capital punishment.
In its Concluding Observations and Recommendations report, the nine-member group said it was “extremely disappointed” at the failure of the government to address the issue, despite persistent calls in Taiwan for the abolition of the death penalty.
The panel, which was commissioned by the government, conducted a review in Taipei from Monday to Friday of the nation’s implementation of two UN human rights-related covenants: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social