INDEX
Article(s)
Burundi abolishes the death penalty
on 29 April 2009
Burundi’s new penal code, which abolishes the death penalty, was signed into law on April 22. ACAT-Burundi chairman Merius Rusumo recounts the campaign’s success.
2009
Burundi
Burundi
Article(s)
Abolition in New Mexico hailed around the world
on 19 March 2009
New Mexico’s governor Bill Richardson signed the repeal of the death penalty in to law on March 18, 2009, attracting praise from the global abolitionist community.
2009
United States
Article(s)
Activists celebrate abolition in Uzbekistan
on 7 January 2008
Uzbekistan became the first state to abolish the death penalty in 2008. World Coalition members Community of Sant’Egidio and Mothers Against the Death Penalty, who have led a campaign in the region, welcome the move.
2008
Moratorium
Uzbekistan
Article(s)
International mobilisation saves the life of Filipina maid
on 12 December 2007
A Filipina woman sentenced to death in Kuwait for the murder of her employer has seen her sentence commuted to life imprisonment after joint action by migrant and abolitionist groups.
2007
Kuwait
Philippines
Women