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Japan: Three death row inmates were executed for the first time since 2019

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Japan: Three death row inmates were executed for the first time since 2019

Japanese authorities on Tuesday executed three people who had been sentenced to life in prison, Japanese media reported, citing sources familiar with the matter, including sources close to the Ministry of Justice.

The executions are the first to take place in the country since December 2019 and the first since the new prime minister, Fumio Kishida, took office in early October. The Ministry of Justice, which was contacted by the French Agency, was not able to immediately confirm the press information.

The Japanese media did not specify who the three death row inmates were. The most recent execution, in December 2019, was that of a Chinese man convicted of the murders of four members of the same family in the southwestern part of the archipelago in 2003.

Japanese authorities executed three people in 2019 and 15 in 2018, including 13 members of the Om Shinrikio sect, who were involved in the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995. In Japan today, convicts are awaiting execution. is over 100. Generally, several years pass from the imposition of the death penalty to execution by hanging. Japanese public support for the death penalty remains strong, despite criticism from abroad, especially from human rights groups such as Amnesty International.

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Source: politis.com.cy

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