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‘Sakineh’ campaign to culminate in worldwide protests
What started as an effort to save an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning is turning into a global movement for human rights and against capital punishment.
(2010/8/25)

10.10.10 World Day Against the Death Penalty – USA special
On 10 October 2010, the World Day Against the Death Penalty will focus on the USA. There are two months left to prepare and promote the events planned around the world on the big day.


(2010/8/6)

Kenya’s mandatory death penalty ruled unconstitutional
A joint effort by Kenyan and British lawyers and NGOs resulted in a court decision overturning all death sentences for murder. Legislation making capital punishment the only possible penalty for certain crimes is invalid.
(2010/8/6)
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The World Coalition's campaign in favour of the UN Protocol on abolition
The World Coalition’s objective is the ratification of the United Nations Protocol on the abolition of the death penalty by all the states parties to the ICCPR that have abolished the death penalty, either for all crimes, or for ordinary crimes only.(2010/7/28)
8th World Day Against the Death Penalty: USA
On 10 October 2010, the 8th World Day Against the Death Penalty will be dedicated to the USA which executed 52 people and handed down 106 death sentences in 2009. (2010/5/2)
 
Report: Abolition in the Great Lakes region of Africa
On the occasion of the 43rd session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty published a report on “The Death Penalty in the Great Lakes Region of Africa: Protagonists, Arguments and Strategies” in May 2008. This publication is part of the... (2007/5/18)
 
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