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AsiaSingapore Executes People Sentenced to Death for Non-violent Crimes and Threatens their Lawyers
Since ending its 3-year official moratorium in 2014, Singapore continues to sentence people to death for non-violent drug-related offences while threatening lawyers and human rights defenders working to abolish the death penalty.
Article by Dinda Royhan published on September 19th, 2019 -
GovernanceThe World Coalition elects its new governing bodies until June 2021
The 2019 General Assembly elected a new Steering Committee for two years, which in turn elected a new Executive Board until June 2021.
Article by World Coalition Against the Death Penalty published on September 12th, 2019 -
World DaySmall Grant for Activities in the Caribbean
Call for action on the abolition of the death penalty in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean States launched by the Greater Caribbean for Life and the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Article by World Coalition Against the Death Penalty published on August 29th, 2019 -
Africa A Training on Advocacy for the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Sub-Saharan Africa
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty in partnership with FIACAT, and their local members ACAT Cameroon and Droits et Paix, organized a continental training in July on advocacy for the abolition of the death penalty in sub-Saharan Africa.
Article by Abdoul Razak Ahmadou Youssoufou published on July 29th, 2019 -
Activist engagementResponsible Business Initiative on the death penalty
On the occasion of the meeting of its Steering Committee on Friday 28 June and Saturday 29 June 2019, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty has invited the director of Responsible Business Initiative Against the Death Penalty, Ms. Celia Ouellette, to present the involvement of companies against the capital punishment alongside with traditional activists.
Article by Louis Linel published on July 19th, 2019 -
StatementJoint Open Letter to the President of Sri Lanka on the Imminent Resumption of Executions
The letter, co-signed by 58 organizations, encourages the President of Sri Lanka to do everything in his power to stop executions in Sri Lanka and consign the death penalty to the history books.
Article by World Coalition Against the Death Penalty published on July 02nd, 2019
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17th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Children, Unseen Victims
On 10 October 2019, the 17th World Day Against the Death Penalty aims at raising awareness on the rights of children whose parents have been sentenced to death or executed.
