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NAME: UK AMNESTY 20080415Ix TAPE: EF08/0399 IN_TIME: 10:50:44:10 DURATION: 00:02:17:01 SOURCES: AP Television/Pool/Iraqi Government Video DATELINE: Various - 14 Apr 2008/ File RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST POOL FILE: London, 6 April 2008 1. Chinese officials lighting Olympic flame in London 2. Demonstrator trying to grab Olympic flame from torch bearer AP Television London, 14 April 2008 3. Set-up of Piers Bannister, Amnesty researcher 4. Close of press release in hands 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Piers Bannister, Amnesty researcher: "We need to see the death penalty abolished in China. As a first step, we need to see an open, honest discussion with full information about the death penalty in that country. That can't happen just in the Olympic year. That needs to happen year in, year out, until China achieves the abolition of the death penalty." POOL FILE: London, 6 April 2008 6. Demonstrator being wrestled to ground by policeman on bike AP Television London, 14 April 2008 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Piers Bannister, Amnesty researcher: "Chinese authorities have made several positive statements about the death penalty, including that they would like eventual abolition. I hope, as China takes its place on the global stage, that it will seriously look at its human rights record, and that one of the things it will do is abolish the death penalty." AP Television FILE: Berlin, 22 January 2008 8. Demonstrators protesting against capital punishment in Iran 9. Various of protesters acting out mock stoning and hanging AP Television FILE: California, USA - Recent ++MUTE++ 10. Doors opening to death chamber 11. Strap down table in death chamber 12. Wide of death chamber AP Television London, 14 April 2008 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Piers Bannister, Amnesty researcher: "Large parts of the world are execution-free. We need to see that those borders of execution-free Europe and the Americas are pushed back into the Middle East and Asia until we see a world free of executions." Iraqi Government Video FILE: Iraq - 19 December 2007 14. Various of handcuffed men in black hoods 15. Close of men at gallows with nooses around necks STORYLINE Amnesty International condemned China as the "world's top executioner" on Tuesday in its annual survey of countries that carry out capital punishment. The human rights organisation said China had executed at least 470 people in 2007 but added that the true figure was without doubt much higher. Amnesty said the total number of executions worldwide was at least 1,200, suggesting that China accounts for more than a third of the global count. Noting that Beijing classifies the death penalty as a state secret, Amnesty commented that "as the world and Olympic guests are left guessing, only the Chinese authorities know exactly how many people have been killed with state authorisation." The organisation said that with the Olympic Games taking place in Beijing this year, it was pushing for change on the part of the Chinese authorities. "I hope, as China takes its place on the global stage, that it will seriously look at its human rights record, and that one of the things it will do is abolish the death penalty," commented Amnesty researcher Piers Bannister. The Amnesty report said 88 percent of all known executions take place in just five countries - China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the United States. It said Iran carried out at least 377 executions, while the figure for the United States was 42. Amnesty called on all governments that allow the death penalty to lift what it called the "veil of secrecy" over the practice. "We need to see that the borders of execution-free Europe and the Americas are pushed back into the Middle East and Asia until we see a world free of executions," Bannister said.
Footage Information
Source | ABCNEWS VideoSource |
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Title: | UK Amnesty - Amnesty report says China leads the world in executions |
Date: | 04/15/2008 |
Library: | APTN |
Tape Number: | VSAP561331 |
Content: | NAME: UK AMNESTY 20080415Ix TAPE: EF08/0399 IN_TIME: 10:50:44:10 DURATION: 00:02:17:01 SOURCES: AP Television/Pool/Iraqi Government Video DATELINE: Various - 14 Apr 2008/ File RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST POOL FILE: London, 6 April 2008 1. Chinese officials lighting Olympic flame in London 2. Demonstrator trying to grab Olympic flame from torch bearer AP Television London, 14 April 2008 3. Set-up of Piers Bannister, Amnesty researcher 4. Close of press release in hands 5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Piers Bannister, Amnesty researcher: "We need to see the death penalty abolished in China. As a first step, we need to see an open, honest discussion with full information about the death penalty in that country. That can't happen just in the Olympic year. That needs to happen year in, year out, until China achieves the abolition of the death penalty." POOL FILE: London, 6 April 2008 6. Demonstrator being wrestled to ground by policeman on bike AP Television London, 14 April 2008 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Piers Bannister, Amnesty researcher: "Chinese authorities have made several positive statements about the death penalty, including that they would like eventual abolition. I hope, as China takes its place on the global stage, that it will seriously look at its human rights record, and that one of the things it will do is abolish the death penalty." AP Television FILE: Berlin, 22 January 2008 8. Demonstrators protesting against capital punishment in Iran 9. Various of protesters acting out mock stoning and hanging AP Television FILE: California, USA - Recent ++MUTE++ 10. Doors opening to death chamber 11. Strap down table in death chamber 12. Wide of death chamber AP Television London, 14 April 2008 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Piers Bannister, Amnesty researcher: "Large parts of the world are execution-free. We need to see that those borders of execution-free Europe and the Americas are pushed back into the Middle East and Asia until we see a world free of executions." Iraqi Government Video FILE: Iraq - 19 December 2007 14. Various of handcuffed men in black hoods 15. Close of men at gallows with nooses around necks STORYLINE Amnesty International condemned China as the "world's top executioner" on Tuesday in its annual survey of countries that carry out capital punishment. The human rights organisation said China had executed at least 470 people in 2007 but added that the true figure was without doubt much higher. Amnesty said the total number of executions worldwide was at least 1,200, suggesting that China accounts for more than a third of the global count. Noting that Beijing classifies the death penalty as a state secret, Amnesty commented that "as the world and Olympic guests are left guessing, only the Chinese authorities know exactly how many people have been killed with state authorisation." The organisation said that with the Olympic Games taking place in Beijing this year, it was pushing for change on the part of the Chinese authorities. "I hope, as China takes its place on the global stage, that it will seriously look at its human rights record, and that one of the things it will do is abolish the death penalty," commented Amnesty researcher Piers Bannister. The Amnesty report said 88 percent of all known executions take place in just five countries - China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the United States. It said Iran carried out at least 377 executions, while the figure for the United States was 42. Amnesty called on all governments that allow the death penalty to lift what it called the "veil of secrecy" over the practice. "We need to see that the borders of execution-free Europe and the Americas are pushed back into the Middle East and Asia until we see a world free of executions," Bannister said. |
Media Type: | Summary |