INDEX
Article(s)
Joint Italian-Congolese effort against capital punishment
on 16 June 2009
World Coalition member organisation Hands Off Cain has launched a campaign targeting DRC’s opinion leaders. The government regards the renovation of the prison system as a prerequisite for abolition.
2009
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Italy
Moratorium
Article(s)
Corpses of doubtful origin banned from Paris exhibition
on 24 April 2009
Two French organisations have won a court case against an exhibition presenting human bodies likely to be those of executed Chinese citizens.
2009
China
Fair Trial
France
France
Article(s)
EU diplomats team up with US activists to co-ordinate efforts against the death penalty
on 18 December 2008
The French presidency of the European Union organised a meeting between EU diplomats and US abolitionists in November to strengthen a discreet but long-standing partnership.
2008
Innocence
Public Opinion
United States
Article(s)
Mental illness and the death penalty: a painful intersection
on 28 May 2008
Two leading American grassroots organisations have come together to raise awareness about the execution of mentally ill defendants.
2008
Mental Illness
Murder Victims' Families
United States
Article(s)
Video: China’s death penalty Olympic medal
on 8 April 2008
French organisation Together Against the Death Penalty seized the opportunity of the Olympic Torch relay in Paris to highlight China’s world record when it comes to executions.
2008
China
France
Article(s)
From Italian prisons to Texas death row
on 27 March 2008
A conference held near Naples, Italy last month helped around 200 attendees, most of them secondary school students, understand the death penalty situation in the US and relate it to prison issues in their own country.
2008
Death Row Conditions
Italy
United States
Article(s)
1,700-mile “Walk4Life” across the US
on 13 March 2008
American hip-hop artist Andre Latallade, also known as Capital-“X”, will walk 1,700 miles from New Jersey to Texas from March 31 to campaign against the death penalty.
2008
Drug Offenses
United States
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.
2008
Italy
United States
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?”
2008
Clemency
Public Opinion
United States
Article(s)
Video: watch and think
on 7 January 2008
As the debate about lethal injections and the presidential election campaign are raging in the United States, a short film by two young directors establishes a link between the two.
2008
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
United States