INDEX
Article(s)
Puerto Rican abolitionists gain support from their government
on 5 March 2008
The Puerto Rican Coalition Against the Death Penalty and the Puerto Rican secretary of justice are joining forces to resist death sentences imposed by US federal courts.
2008
United States
Article(s)
Open letter to the China National People’s Congress
on 26 February 2008
The World Coalition and ADPAN are publicising an open letter to the China National People’s Congress demanding concrete steps towards the abolition of the death penalty in China.
2008
China
Fair Trial
Moratorium
Article(s)
MEPs call on Guatemala not to reinstate capital punishment
on 25 February 2008
Members of the European Parliament Hélène Flautre and Raimon Obiols have called on Guatemala to maintain its moratorium on the death penalty after the Central American country passed dangerous legislation.
2008
Clemency
Guatemala
Moratorium
Article(s)
Teng Biao: Olympics an opportunity to put pressure on the Chinese authorities”
on 13 February 2008
Teng Biao is one of the rare activists who call for the immediate abolition of the death penalty from within China. In the past weeks, the police confiscated his passport and he received threats.
2008
China
Innocence
Public Opinion
Article(s)
Moroccan coalition highlights Mrini case
on 12 February 2008
The Moroccan Coalition Against the Death Penalty has been campaigning about the case of Amin Mrini, a Moroccan-born Dutch national sentenced to death in Salé whose appeal will he heard from February 13.
2008
Fair Trial
Morocco
Article(s)
Talk: activists at the heart of action
on 12 February 2008
Italy’s Angeli Flegri association is organising a conference on Februay 22 about the role of prison activists in the struggle against the death penalty.
Italy
United States
Article(s)
ADPAN: tearing down Asia’s death penalty veil of secrecy in 2008
on 3 February 2008
The majority of executions take place in Asia. But this is also the continent where campaigners have developed a fantastic regional abolitionist network, one that reaches across borders, languages and religions.
2008
China
Drug Offenses
Fair Trial
Japan
Mental Illness
Mongolia
Murder Victims' Families
Public Opinion
Republic of Korea
Article(s)
Abolition in the US: what role for overseas activists?
on 3 February 2008
As part of its 2008 annual conference, the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP) organised a brainstorming session to explore the question: “How can the international community support us in our efforts to abolish the death penalty in the US?”
Clemency
Public Opinion
United States
Article(s)
Four World Coalition members among NCADP award winners
on 3 February 2008
Each year, the US National Coalition Against the Death Penalty honours those individuals and organisations that have made outstanding contributions to the struggle against the death penalty. This year’s award winners included a number of World Coalition members.
United States
Article(s)
USA: reaching for the dream
on 3 February 2008
For once, the annual conference of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty opened on an optimistic note.
Public Opinion
United States