ADPAN Regrets Use of the Death Penalty and Appeals for the Lives of those under Sentence of Death 亞洲反死刑網絡（ADPAN）聲明：針對台灣執行死刑表示遺憾並為死囚請命
The Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) regrets the decision made on 28 May by the Justices of the Taiwan Constitutional Court (of Judicial Yuan) to reject a petition made on behalf of 44 death row inmates. 亞洲反死刑網絡（ADPAN）對於台灣司法院大法官在5月28日決議不受理44位死刑犯提出的釋憲聲請，感到遺憾。
This petition filed by the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP) to the Constitutional Court aimed to highlight that the use of the death penalty was unconstitutional and there were flaws in the legal procedure regarding these cases. The petition was expected to provide a chance to open retrials for these cases or to save the 44 prisoners from execution. 該釋憲聲請係由台灣廢除死刑推動聯盟（TAEDP）提出，目的為強調死刑違憲，且指出這幾個案件中存在的法律程序瑕疵，希望透過釋憲能讓這幾個案件有重審的機會或者停止執行這44位死刑犯。
Former Minister of Justice Wang Ching-feng who spoke out publicly to protect the lives of these death row prisoners was forced to resign in March following a statement she had made on their behalf. 曾公開表示要捍衛死刑犯生命權的前法務部長王清峰，於今年三月被迫辭職之前曾發表關於死刑的聲明。
Shortly afterwards in April, four of the 44 death row inmates were executed in one day. These executions have put an end to an unofficial moratorium in which Taiwan had taken a recognized lead in the region with no executions since 2005. 隨後，4名死刑犯於四月間同日被執行，打破了台灣自2005年底開始，在亞洲地區保持停止死刑執行的紀錄。
The 40 remaining death row inmates now face an increasingly uncertain future and may face imminent execution. ADPAN considers any executions in Taiwan or elsewhere to be cruel, inhuman and degrading and a violation of the right to life and out of step with the general global trend towards abolition. 目前40位死刑犯前景未明，可能隨時面臨死刑執行，ADPAN認為執行死刑在台灣或其他地區都是一種殘酷、非人道且有違人性尊嚴、侵害生命權的刑罰，同時也是自外於全球廢除死刑潮流的表現。
ADPAN appeals to the Taiwan Government to stand out, lead and join the global majority rather than aligning itself with other executing countries in the region such as Bangladesh, China, North Korea and Vietnam - all have executed prisoners since the beginning of 2010. ADPAN呼籲台灣政府應該站出來帶領並加入全球的主流行列，而非將自己變成如同孟加拉、中國、北韓和越南一樣的國家—這些國家在2010年初起即持續執行死刑。
The Taiwan Government is asked to revert to previous policy, prevent any further executions as it considers alternatives to the death penalty and introduce a moratorium on executions as implemented by Mongolia’s President in January this year. This would be a welcome first step towards the abolition of the death penalty. 我們希望台灣政府可以恢復過去的政策，停止更多的死刑執行，並思考死刑替代方案，效法蒙古總統今年一月起決定暫停執行死刑。
ADPAN is a cross-regional network made up of almost 50 members from 23 countries mainly from Asia and the Pacific dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty in the region. The Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty are members of ADPAN. 亞洲反死刑網絡（ADPAN）是由來自亞太地區23個國家將近50個成員組成，致力於推動亞太地區廢除死刑。台灣廢除死刑推動聯盟是ADPAN活躍的成員之一。
For more information please call Louise Vischer, ADPAN coordinator on +44 (0)207 413 5656, email louise.vischer@amnesty.org or Lin Hsinyi, Executive Director, Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP), and members of ADPAN. +886 (0)930-019345 (mobile). 需要知道更進一步的消息，請聯繫 ADPAN協調人Louise Vischer，她的電話是+44 (0)207 413 5656和email louise.vischer@amnesty.org。或者聯繫ADPAN的成員，廢死聯盟執行長林欣怡(0)930-019345 (mobile)。
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