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
Article(s)
Texas report released on 25th anniversary of lethal injections
on 12 December 2007
The Texas Coalition Against the Death Penalty released its report on the death penalty in the state in 2007 exactly 25 years after the first death American row inmate received a lethal injection.
2007
Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
United States
Article(s)
Hands Off Cain holds moratorium conference in Gabon
on 11 December 2007
The Italian-based abolitionist group organised the event in Libreville on December 10, Human Rights Day 2007, with the government of Gabon and financial backing from the Dutch government.
2007
Burundi
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gabon
Gabon
Mali
Moratorium
Article(s)
Tuscany against the death penalty
on 1 December 2007
The Italian province celebrated the anniversary of the first law to ever abolish the death penalty on November 28.
2007
Italy
Moratorium
Article(s)
Cities for life – Cities Against the Death Penalty
on 29 November 2007
On November 30, over 600 cities worldwideincluding over 30 capital cities lit up their public buildings in opposition to the death penalty.
2007
Italy
Article(s)
The Tuscany region against the death penalty
on 21 November 2007
The regional council will hold an abolitionist conference with speakers from various countries at the end of November.
2007
Benin
Côte d'Ivoire
Italy
Article(s)
World Day: the French and Iranians hand-in-hand in Paris
on 12 October 2007
Abolitionists from the two countries set up a gallows in the heart of the French capital similar to that used in Tehran only a few weeks ago.
2007
Fair Trial
France
France
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
