TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: FIRST EXECUTION IN TEN YEARS THREATENED

Amnesty International is calling on the authorities in Trinidad and Tobago not to execute a man who is accused of killing his sister-in-law. Ronald Tiwarie was sentenced to death in 2004 and it is feared that he could be executed within days despite the fact that he has not yet exhausted all his appeals. A Mercy Committee was due to consider the case but the hearing was adjourned. The Committee could reconvene at any time and decide execute him within 72 hours of the decision.