Amnesty International spoke out against the death sentence...

Amnesty International spoke out against the death sentence imposed in Vietnam on Le My Linh, 43, an Australian convicted on August 28 of trafficking 888 grams of heroin and 209 grams of diazepam. "Amnesty International calls on the Australian government to pursue the issue of abolishing the death penalty in Vietnam as part of the Australia-Vietnam human rights dialogue in 2003 ... The death penalty is a violation of the most basic human right - the right to life ... It is an irrevocable act of violence by the state and the risk of executing the innocent can never be underestimated."