DEATH SENTENCE AFTER FORCED CONFESSIONS IN TAIWAN, SAYS AMNESTY

Amnesty International charged Taiwan with violating UN protocols by sentencing prisoners to death on slim evidence and forced confessions. The human rights group highlighted Chiou Ho-shun, a Taiwanese man who remains on death row after 23 years and 11 re-trials. At a press conference, video was played of police bragging about squeezing a confession from Chiou and beating a friend until he identified Chiou as the perpetrator.