Article(s)
EU-NGO forum: death penalty is a priority
on 6 August 2010
At a meeting in Brussels in July, European institutions and NGOs restated their commitment to a long-term partnership to oppose the death penalty worldwide.
2010
Innocence
Japan
Murder Victims' Families
Article(s)
30 countries gather in Rome to oppose capital punishment
on 21 May 2010
17 ministers and numerous experts met in Rome on May 17 to discuss crime-busting policies that reject the death penalty. Representatives for the Republic of Congo and Burkina Faso pledged their support for abolition.
2010
Italy
Article(s)
California Democratic Party endorses abolition of the death penalty
on 12 May 2010
One of the two main political parties in the largest US State has taken a formal stance against capital punishment – with help from local abolitionist organisations.
2010
Public Opinion
United States
Article(s)
Detailing EU support for NGOs
on 28 February 2010
European Union support to human rights projects is a well-known fact. Abolitionist organizations are among its beneficiaries.
2010
Mental Illness
Article(s)
Religion in favour of abolition
on 28 February 2010
Skull-cap, scarf and priest’s white collar gathered at a round table to discuss the issue of religion in terms of the death penalty.
Thailand
Article(s)
Clever use of online tools could boost activism
on 28 February 2010
Kathy Brown, an English IT specialist, is not the typical anti-death penalty campaigner. She is not an NGO-registered lawyer nor a political science student. But through the internet, she has become active in the global abolitionist community.
China
Drug Offenses
Mental Illness
Article(s)
Mumia’s supporters fight back after legal setback and turn to Obama
on 29 January 2010
After the US Supreme Court restored Mumia Abu Jamal’s death sentence, the campaigners working to save his life have started an international petition addressing the president of the United States.
2010
Innocence
United States
Article(s)
Spain and world academics join forces against the death penalty
on 22 December 2009
Spanish President José Luis Zapatero attended the international abolitionist colloquium during which the Academic Network against the Death Penalty was launched.
2009
Benin
Chile
France
Mental Illness
Spain
Women
Article(s)
Sweden and Amnesty International raise death penalty issue in New York
on 7 October 2009
Upcoming United Nations resolutions for a moratorium on executions and progress towards abolition across Africa were among the subjects discussed on the fringe of the UN General Assembly in New York.
2009
Moratorium
Sweden
United States
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.
2009
Death Row Conditions
France
France
Innocence
United States
