-Caveat Lector- >From http://www.igc.org/igc/pn/hl/99081724338/hl3.html > Originally posted in IGC member conference: ai.news > Date: August 12, 1999 > Posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > /* Written 3:43 AM Aug 12, 1999 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] > in ai.news */ /* ---------- "USA/PHILIPPINES: World leader in le" > ---------- */ > > * News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty > International * News Service 151/99 AI INDEX: ACT 50/06/99 12 > August 1999 > > USA/Philippines > > World leader in lethal injections sets deadly example > > The scheduled killings of eight people in the USA and Philippines > during the next seven days are linked by a deadly connection > extending beyond the calculated cruelty of executions and their > affront to human dignity, Amnesty International said today. > > The fingerprints of the USA -- world leader in killing prisoners > by lethal injection -- mark the executions carried out in the > Philippines, Amnesty International said. We are witnessing the > deadly fruits of an international working relationship between an > old hand and a newcomer. > > As part of his governments plans to resume executions after a > 20-year gap, the then Philippines prisons chief, Vicente Vinarao, > reportedly visited several US states in 1997 to learn from their > experience of lethal injection. After witnessing an execution in > Texas he was later quoted as saying that his own executioners > would probably be sent to the United States for training. > > There have also been unconfirmed reports indicating that the > Philippines authorities may have imported lethal injection > equipment from the USA. But even if they did not import the > technology, they have certainly imported the technique. > > Four men face death by lethal injection in the Philippines > between 16 and 18 August. The USA has executed four prisoners in > the past week. By 18 August it plans to have killed four more by > lethal injection in Texas and Virginia. > > The USAs increasing resort to judicial killings -- against the > global trend and often in violation of international standards -- > is setting an appalling example for the rest of the world, > Amnesty International continued > > To in any way assist another country in learning how best to > execute prisoners renders null and void repeated US claims to be > the worlds leading force for human rights. > > The mode of execution in the Philippines was changed by Congress > from electrocution to lethal injection in February 1996. Five men > have been put to death since the country resumed executions in > February 1999 with the killing of Leo Echegaray. One of them, > Eduardo Agbayani, was executed in June for the rape of his > daughter, who had pleaded for his life to be spared. President > Estrada decided to grant him clemency, but the phone call to the > death chamber came minutes too late. > > We deeply regret that President Estrada has not used the cruel > debacle of that execution to lead the Philippines away from state > killing, Amnesty International said. Instead, he is set to almost > double his countrys judicial death toll within the next few days. > > At least one person is sentenced to death every day in the > Philippines, where the death penalty is mandatory for a high > number of offences. This happens despite persistent reports that > suspects in criminal cases have been tortured in custody before > their trial to extract confessions. Worldwide appeals for > clemency continue to flood into US and Philippines officials. > While there have been links between executions in the Philippines > and US at an official level, a connection also runs through the > abolitionist community. > > In 1998, members of the Journey of Hope, a US organization of > murder victims and death row inmates relatives, travelled to the > Philippines to campaign against the resumption of executions. > Among them was Lois Robison, whose son Larry is scheduled to die > in Texas on 17 August. > > As with any execution, the killing of Larry Robison will only > create more victims, Amnesty International said. Rather than > offering any constructive solutions to violent crime, his killing > will be a final brutal act in a failure of crime prevention. > > Larry Robison was diagnosed as a chronic paranoid schizophrenic > three years before his crime, but the Texas mental health care > services repeatedly said that they did not have the resources to > treat him unless he turned violent. > > Texas has had no such hesitation in devoting massive resources to > its own brutal response to Larry Robisons crime, Amnesty > International continued. By the time he is led to the execution > chamber, it will have cost the state more than two million > dollars to get him there. > > Larry Robison is set to become the 98th person executed in Texas > under George W. Bushs governorship. The Governors 99th execution > is scheduled for the following day. Governor Bush is currently > campaigning to become the USAs next President under the flag of > compassionate conservatism. > > The imminent execution of Larry Robison presents Governor Bush > with an opportunity to begin to demonstrate that compassion and > respect for international standards can yet become a > characteristic of his leadership, Amnesty International said. > > Use of the death penalty in the USA and the Philippines has had > other tragic connections. Alvaro Calambro is one of 63 people > executed by the US so far during 1999. A Philippines national, he > was put to death despite his borderline mental retardation and > the violation of his rights to consular access, in addition to > protests from the Philippines government. > > The Philippines use of the death penalty will only undermine its > efforts to obtain clemency for Filipinos sentenced to death > abroad, Amnesty International said. > > The framework of international standards built up over the past > 50 years is a product of positive cooperation between > governments. We are urging Philippines and US authorities to work > together to honour such agreements, and to join the growing list > of countries -- now more than half of all members of the United > Nations -- which have turned their backs on the death penalty. > > ENDS.../ > Amnesty International, International Secretariat, 1 Easton > Street, WC1X 8DJ, London, United Kingdom > **************************************************************** > You may repost this message onto other sources provided the main > text is not altered in any way and both the header crediting > Amnesty International and this footer remain intact. Only the > list subscription message may be removed. > **************************************************************** > To subscribe to amnesty-L, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > with "subscribe amnesty-L" in the message body. To unsubscribe, > send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with "unsubscribe amnesty-L" > in the message body. 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