Japan executed two convicted prisoners on Wednesday, one year to the day since the last time it invoked capital punishment, according to Amnesty international.
These are the first executions undert the country’s new government.
The men were hung in the Tokyo Detention Center.
Amnesty said executions in Japan are usually done in secret, inmates are not informed of their execution dates until the day arrives, and their families are not informed until afterward.
This practice puts significant psychological stress on inmates and contributes to depression and mental disorders in inmates on death row, according to Amnesty.
The human rights NGO condemned the killings, asking the government to end state sponsored executions.
The two men, ages 33 and 59, were both convicted of murder. One man set fire to a building killing six women, the other man killed a man and a woman, according to Amnesty.
These are the first executions undert the country’s new government.
The men were hung in the Tokyo Detention Center.
Amnesty said executions in Japan are usually done in secret, inmates are not informed of their execution dates until the day arrives, and their families are not informed until afterward.
This practice puts significant psychological stress on inmates and contributes to depression and mental disorders in inmates on death row, according to Amnesty.
The human rights NGO condemned the killings, asking the government to end state sponsored executions.
The two men, ages 33 and 59, were both convicted of murder. One man set fire to a building killing six women, the other man killed a man and a woman, according to Amnesty.