The London-based human rights group Caribbean Justice,...

The London-based human rights group Caribbean Justice, which works for the abolition of the death penalty, said that Trinidad and Tobago was not a safer place and the murder rate was climbing despite 11 state executions in 1999. "One year on from multiple hangings, nothing has been gained but much has been lost. The government has withdrawn from yet another human rights treaty, cutting off all avenues of appeal to international human rights tribunal for every single citizen. The government's obsession with the death penalty continues unabated. And tragically so do the murders," Caribbean Justice said in a statement.