Article(s)
4,000 death sentences commuted in Kenya
on 6 August 2009
Kenya’s president has commuted all death sentences in the country in the wake of legal challenges brought by local and international activists.
2009
Clemency
Kenya
Kenya
Article(s)
7th World Day Against the Death Penalty: teaching abolition
By Aurélie Plaçais, on 27 July 2009
On 10 October 2009, World Day Against the Death Penalty, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty wishes to teach abolition to all citizens around the world, especially to teenagers aged 14 to 18.
2009
Public Opinion
Article(s)
Fair and open investigation in Uyghur region
on 21 July 2009
Following the death penalty threats issued against protestors in Xinjiang, the World Coalition calls on China to respect its international committments and to guarantee fair trials.
2009
China
Fair Trial
Article(s)
ICC paves the way for justice without killing
on 18 July 2009
The University of Kinshasa has hosted a conference on the theme of death penalty-free justice to celebrate the 11th anniversary of the Rome Statute, which established the International Criminal Court.
2009
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Article(s)
Madrid Declaration calls for immediate moratorium in Arab Countries
on 16 July 2009
National experts and civil society representatives from took part in a seminar in Madrid on 14 and 15 July 2009 at the invitation of Casa Arabe and the Spanish ministry for foreign affairs and cooperation.
2009
Moratorium
Spain
Article(s)
Devising a strategy to support ratifications of the UN protocol
on 10 July 2009
The World Coalition organised a round table on action to be taken to support the ratification of the UN’s protocol on the abolition of the death penalty, as part of International CURE’s conference in Geneva in June.
2009
Kazakhstan
Terrorism
Article(s)
Paris activists lie down against US federal executions
on 10 July 2009
ACAT-France and Amnesty International France staged their 9th “die-in” against the death penalty in the United States.
Death Row Conditions
France
France
Innocence
United States
Article(s)
Death penalty and mental illness: “Double Tragedies”
on 7 July 2009
Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights and the National Alliance on Mental Illness slam the use of capital punishment against mentally ill people in the United States.
2009
Mental Illness
Murder Victims' Families
United States
Article(s)
Debate on California executions turned into abolitionist rally
on 4 July 2009
Hundreds of activists descended on Sacramento for a public review of the state’s lethal injection protocol, arguing that «the death penalty is killing California’s budget».
2009
Death Row Conditions
United States
