Claus Stenstrup
Goeteborg alle 14, 8B
DK-8200 Aarhus N
Denmark
Hsin Pao
GPO Box 1586, Hong Kong
Denmark, 7 July 1991
As a college student and as a member of Amnesty International concerned about the existence of the death penalty in different parts of the world, I was very pleased when I received the news about the Legislative Council ́s adoption of a motion calling for the death penalty in Hong Kong to be abolished.
Amnesty International opposes the death penalty because it constitutes a violation of the right to life as laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I would therefore like to thank all the concerned members of the Legislative Council and of the public for their principled effort to ensure that the death penalty is formally abolished. Further I would ask the Government of Hong Kong to ensure that a bill providing for abolition of the death penalty is submitted to the Legislative Council for adoption as soon as possible.
Yours sincerely
Clams Skmtip
Claus Stenstrup
copy to: His Excellency the Governor, Sir David Wilson,
His Excellency the Prime Minister, John Major,
Diplomatic representatives of the United Kingdom in Denmark.