Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki

INTERNATIONAL GROUP TO ABOLISH DEATH SENTENCE IN ARAB COUNTRIES ESTABLISHED

July 5, 2021:

An International Committee for the abolition of the death penalty in Arab countries was established on 25 June 2021 under the leadership of former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki.
Death sentences in Arab countries were discussed during an online meeting with 100 attendees from the US, Europe, and the Arab world.
Marzouki was selected for the presidency, according to a written statement by the International Committee for the Removal of the Death Penalty.
A board of international figures, including former Human Rights Watch (HRW) head Sarah Leah Whitson, Nobel Prize laureate Yemeni activist Tawakkol Karman and former Syrian Interim Government head Ahmed Tumeh, was to be formed.
As a result of a debate about the lack of basic elements such as transparency and justice in the legal system in many countries where the death penalty is applied, the committee was formed.
A statement asked the Egyptian regime to rescind death sentences recently imposed on political prisoners.
Many Arab countries have been accused by human rights groups of using the death penalty to silence dissidents.