The Council of Europe proclaimed a European Day against the Death Penalty
MEPs called on the Council to present a resolution on the moratorium on the death penalty to the 62nd UN General Assembly, in order to adopt it before the end of the year.
The Italian Senate voted to abolish the last reference to capital punishment
Italy's premier called for a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty with a
The US Supreme Court said it would decide whether the commonly used lethal
Portugal, the current EU Presidency, will present the resolution for the Moratorium on capital punishment between early and mid October.
Antonio Stango, member of the Board of Hands Off Cain,
Indonesia's top court said it rejected final appeals of three Islamic militants
The Transnational and Transparty Non Violent Radical Party issued a statement regarding the indefinite hunger strike of its members.
most people in Poland oppose capital punishment, according to
Desmond Tutu, the archbishop of Cape Town and 1984 Nobel
Romano Prodi, the Italian Prime Minister, is hoping Nobel Peace Prize winners will
To Mr Volker Turk - the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and to Ms. Mai Sato - the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran
