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Human rights groups yesterday called on lawmakers to approve a draft bill that would ban torture and other forms of inhumane punishment.
The call came ahead of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture tomorrow.
Covenants Watch convener Huang Song-lih (黃嵩立) said that torture and other forms of cruelty are used by some government officials during interrogations of suspects and convicts.
“As Taiwan has ratified UN human rights covenants, our government has an obligation to prohibit torture and cruel treatment that inflicts pain,” he said.
Huang urged lawmakers to approve the draft bill, which would ban all forms of torture by government agencies