"After showing reluctance to sign execution warrants last month when he first took office, it is deeply alarming that Minister Hideo Hiraoka now seems to be under pressure to approve executions despite his own calls for caution," said Catherine Baber, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for Asia and the Pacific.〔【出典】アムネスティ発表国際ニュース(2011年10月28日) 〕