Claus Stenstrup
Goeteborg alle 14 8B
DK-8200 Aarhus N
Denmark
The Honourable J.F. Mathews
Attorney General,
Legal Department,
66 Queensway,
Hong Kong
Your Excellency,
Denmark, 7 July 1991
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 learned about the Legislative Council's adoption of a motion calling for the death penalty in your country to be abolished.
As Your Excellency know Amnesty International opposes the death penalty because it constitutes a violation of the right to life. I therefore most respectfully ask Your Excellency to ensure that a bill providing for the abolition of the death penalty in Hong Kong is submitted to the Legislative Council for adoption as soon as possible.
I thank Your Excellency for your effort to ensure that the death penalty
is formally abolished in Hong Kong, and it is with great confidence that I look forward for the motion to be put into legislation.
Yours respectfully
Clean Stemtup
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
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