“When the whole world is trying hard to save lives from COVID-19, an execution by the state is contradictory and perverse” said Kevin Miguel Rivera Medina, President of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty.
This 10 October, civil society will mobilize to celebrate the 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty, which will focus on the right to legal representation and highlight the role of lawyers in protecting those facing the death penalty. A right that is fractured by the health crisis since lawyers are less able to assist their clients and who are also economically weakened.
This statement has been released by the following organizations:
- ACAT France (Action des chrétiens pour l'abolition de la torture)
- The Advocates for Human Rights (TAHR)
- Anti Death Penalty Asian Network (ADPAN)
- la Coalition tunisienne contre la peine de mort (CTCPM)
- Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM)
- Fédération internationale des ACAT (FIACAT)
- Hands Off Cain
- Human Rights Laws Service (HURILAWS)
- Justice Project Pakistan (JPP)
- les Magistrats européens pour la démocraties et les libertés (MEDEL)
- Regroupement des jeunes Africains pour la démocratie et le développement (REJADD-Togo)
- Reprieve
- The Rights Practice
and published in:
- Audace 24 (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Business News, en arabe et en français (Tunisie)
- CVU Togo Diaspora (Togo)
- Le blog de François Fabregat, publié via Médiapart (France)
- Le blog de Riccardo Noury et Monica Ricci Sargentini, via Corriere della Sera (Italie)
- The Guardian Nigeria (Nigéria)
- Ici Lomé (Togo)
- Kapitalis (Tunisie)
- Redattore Sociale (Italie)
- TheNews.com.pk (Pakistan)
- Togo Actualité (Togo)
- Togo Niooz (Togo)
(photo: CDC / LIZABETH MENZIES / AFP)