Romano Prodi, the Italian Prime Minister, is hoping Nobel Peace Prize winners will

in Brussels, Emma Bonino, the minister for International Trade and European Affairs, expressed “deep concern” over the management of Europe's initiative at the UN against the death penalty by the current Portuguese Presidency of the EU, criticising their “fear.”

the Government in the Bahamas plans to bring a bill to parliament which would outline sentencing guidelines for murder convicts,

a judge in Tennessee has ruled the state's method of executing prisoners by lethal injection is illegal because it is a cruel and unusual punishment.

in Iran, the Mullahs' regime executed three prisoners in

according to the Italian Foreign Affairs Minister, Massimo D'Alema, the key for getting

“Italy is in the lead and has moved in a very strong way to achieve the Universal Moratorium on the death penalty, in full agreement with the EU Portuguese presidency,” Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said.

Religious, human rights and civic groups called in South Korea

Iran should immediately halt the execution of children, the

a Vietnamese court gave death sentences to three Vietnamese

an Iranian court sentenced two teenagers to death on the charges of rape

“It was fortunate that Parliament gathered to be informed on the status of the initiative for the UN Moratorium,” announced Sergio D’Elia, Rosa nel Pugno Radical Parliamentarian and Secretary of Hands Off Cain.