TAIPEI (Reuters) - Amnesty International called on Taiwan's President on Thursday to lead the region by scrapping the death penalty, adding pressure to alter a popular law a week after his justice minister quit to press for abolition.
The human rights group, in a letter to China-friendly President Ma Ying-jeou, said Taiwan would set an example for Asia by doing away with the law and cancelling pending sentences.
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