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Call for tenders for printing, design and layout services
By Carlos Valera, on 7 July 2020
The World Coalition requires contracts for printing, design and layout services, visibility items and reprography for any publications that may be required, in addition to materials that may be required…
2020
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TAEDP Withdraws from Ministry of Justice’s Task Force to Research the Gradual Abolition of the Death Penalty
By TAEDP, on 30 April 2020
TAEDP responded to the MOJ’s press release on Weng Jen-hsien’s (翁仁賢) execution as follows: Upholding the rule of law or flouting it? The execution conducted on April 1 was the…
2020
Taiwan
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Abolition of the death penalty for terrorism in Chad
By FIACAT, on 30 April 2020
Extract from the FIACAT press release published on 29 April 2020. To read the press release : http://fiacat.org/en/media-press/press-releases/2874-press-release-abolition-of-the-death-penalty-for-acts-of-terrorism-in-chad According to Salomon Nodjitoloum, President of ACAT Chad: “The abolition of the…
Chad
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Sentenced to death without execution: Why capital punishment has not yet been abolished in the Eastern Caribbean and Barbados
By The death penalty project, on 4 May 2020
Extract from Death Penalty Project, publish on april 7. Click here To read the full study. This independent empirical study, which presents the views of 100 ‘opinion formers’, drawn from…
2020
Barbados
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Iran: Annual report on the death penalty 2019
By Iran Human rights and ECMP (Together Against the Death Penalty), on 4 May 2020
Extract Iran Human Rights article published on 31 march 2020. To read the full article on Iran Human Rights website click here. THE FULL REPORT (pdf) is available here :…
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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Loopholes in Saudi promise to end death sentences against children
on 6 May 2020
Extract from Reprieve website, to read the all article click here. The full text of the decree has not been published, but initial legal analysis of an unofficial version posted…
2020
Juveniles
Saudi Arabia
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Finance and Administration Manager
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 14 May 2020
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, an alliance of more than 160 NGOs, bar associations, local authorities and unions, was created in Rome on 13 May 2002. The aim…
2020
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Call for actions on World Day in the Maldives and Turkey
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 17 June 2020
Every year, the World Coalition organizes the World Day Against the Death Penalty every October 10. It sends packages to all its members and partners containing all the tools and…
2020
Maldives
Turkey
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Call for actions on World Day in Sub-Saharan Africa 2
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 17 June 2020
In the framework of this project, the World Coalition wants to support partner civil society organizations in organizing activities for the World Day Against the Death Penalty (10 October). For…
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Congo
Côte d'Ivoire
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ghana
Guinea
Kenya
Liberia
Mauritania
Niger
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
United Republic of Tanzania
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The Abolition of the Death Penalty in Tunisia, a Fight Against Torture
By Organization Against Torture in Tunisia, on 18 June 2020
The OCTT notes with high regret the weakness of the de facto moratorium that has been observed in the country for almost 30 years, while a conservative line in favour…
2020
Moratorium
Tunisia
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COVID-19: Calling for a Worldwide Moratorium on the Death Penalty During the Pandemic
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 18 June 2020
“When the whole world is trying hard to save lives from COVID-19, an execution by the state is contradictory and perverse” said Kevin Miguel Rivera Medina, President of the World…
Moratorium
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Call for actions on World Day in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean States
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 July 2020
The Greater Caribbean For Life (GCL) and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty (the World Coalition) are part of a joint project, led by The Death Penalty Project and…
2020
Barbados
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Call for actions on World Day in the Philippines
By World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, on 1 July 2020
Every year, the World Coalition organizes the World Day Against the Death Penalty every October 10. It sends packages to all its members and partners containing all the tools and…
Philippines
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US Federal Executions Resume
By Louis Linel, on 28 July 2020
It has been 17 years since the United States decided on a de facto moratorium on federal executions, which can be carried out only for certain federal criminal offences. This…
2020
Moratorium
United States
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The ACHPR Moves Online, along with Advocacy to End Capital Punishment
By Bronwyn Dudley, on 30 July 2020
As much of the world continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic, the ACHPR (the African Union’s human rights branch) decided to hold their 66th Ordinary Session via online platform Zoom…
2020
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Sudan Repeals Capital Punishment for Homosexuality
By Louis Linel, on 31 July 2020
On 9 July 2020, the Sudan’s Sovereign Council approved legislative amendments substantially reforming the Sudanese justice system. The death penalty was repealed for certain crimes, including apostasy – consisting in…
2020
Sudan
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Reorienting Drug Policy in Indonesia towards the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
By LHB Masyarakat, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, on 6 August 2020
In their latest published report, LHB Masyarakat, Reprieve, and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs shed light on the lack of coherence between Indonesia’s national campaign to eradicate illicit…
2020
Drug Offenses
Indonesia
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Saudi Arabia Reviews Death Sentences Issues Against Children
By Louis Linel, on 1 September 2020
Saudi Human Rights Commission announced, on 26 August 2020, that Public Prosecution would review the death sentences issued against Ali al-Nimr, Dawoud al-Marhoun and Abdullah al-Zaher. Convicted for terrorism but…
2020
Juveniles
Saudi Arabia
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Expanded Ban on Death Penalty for Intellectually Disabled People in California
By Louis Linel, on 1 September 2020
The California State Legislature extended the ban on capital punishment for intellectually disabled people. Until now, California law makes illegal to sentence to death anyone whose intellectual disability has been…
Intellectual Disability
United States
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Recent US Federal Executions Raise Ethical and Political Issues
By Louis Linel, on 2 September 2020
At the end of August, two additional federal executions were rapidly carried out in the US Penitentiary of Terre Haute, in the United States, bringing the total number of people…
2020
Fair Trial
Intellectual Disability
Public Opinion
United States
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Death penalty in 2019: Facts and figures
By Amnesty International, on 22 April 2020
Extract from Amnesty International article published on 21 April 2020. To read the article: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/04/death-penalty-in-2019-facts-and-figures/ Full report available here: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/act50/1847/2020/en/ Amnesty International recorded 657 executions in 20 countries in 2019,…
2020