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Testimonies tool – World Day 2022

By the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 28 June 2022


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The World Coalition and its members have collected testimonies of victims of torture in the death penalty. Confessions, death row phenomenon, moments before the execution, psychological torture of those not sentenced to death, methods of execution. Read the stories of these victims.
We thank all those who agreed to share their testimonies and their stories.




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