Italy 2001
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News on Italy in 2001
- DECEMBER 26, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Some 3,000 people held a vigil at the Nigerian Embassy...
Some 3,000 people held a vigil at the Nigerian Embassy in Rome to call on the West African government spare the life of a woman due to be stoned to death under sharia law
- DECEMBER 12, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A leading member of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's...
A leading member of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party lobbied the government to intervene with a Nigerian Muslim state to spare the life of a woman due to be stoned to death under Sharia law
- NOVEMBER 27, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A week of activities to commemorate the abolition of...
A week of activities to commemorate the abolition of the death penalty in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany kicked off in Florence
- NOVEMBER 21, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Etim Okpoyo, Nigerian Ambassador to Rome, assured Hands...
Etim Okpoyo, Nigerian Ambassador to Rome, assured Hands Off Cain that the Federal Government will not allow Safiya Hussaini to be stoned to death
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
About 200 Falun Gong practitioners converged on Rome...
About 200 Falun Gong practitioners converged on Rome from all over the world for an SOS Falun Gong day
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MTV Italy adhered to Hands Off Cain's online campaign...
MTV Italy adhered to Hands Off Cain's online campaign for an international moratorium on executions through a UN resolution
- AUGUST 18, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Representatives...
The Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Representatives Alfredo Biondi (Forza Italia) said he will be presenting a parliamentary question to the Interior Minister to denounce the behaviour of Chinese diplomats, who had been carrying out repressive activities
- AUGUST 13, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Ruling right-wing party MP Alfredo Biondi said he would...
Ruling right-wing party MP Alfredo Biondi said he would address a parliamentary interrogation to the Foreign Minister regarding the initiatives the government intends to take towards the release of the eight western aid-workers arrested in Afghanistan on
- AUGUST 10, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain staged a demonstration in front of the...
Hands Off Cain staged a demonstration in front of the Belgian Embassy in Rome, calling for European intervention in favour of 24 aid-workers arrested in Afghanistan on charges of proselytising in favour of Chistianity
- AUGUST 2, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
New death sentences in Palestina, prompted a protest...
New death sentences in Palestina, prompted a protest by Hands Off Cain in Rome, as Arafat visited Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
- AUGUST 2, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Senate approved with unanimous votes the...
The Italian Senate approved with unanimous votes the motion which establishes, for the first time in the history of the Italian Parliament, a special commission for the promotion of human rights
- JULY 26, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Alfredo...
The deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Alfredo Biondi and MP Fabrizio Vigni presented the group of deputies against the death penalty to the Chamber
- JULY 24, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
At the informative session in Rome for non-governmental...
At the informative session in Rome for non-governmental organisations in preparation for the World Conference against Racism, Italian NGOs supported Hands Off Cain's proposal for a global moratorium on executions through a UN resolution
- JUNE 18, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain launched its 2001 Reporton the death penalty
Hands Off Cain launched its 2001 Reporton the death penalty
- JUNE 16, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Vasco Rossi, an Italian rock star dedicated its summer...
Vasco Rossi, an Italian rock star dedicated its summer tour to Hands off Cain
- JUNE 11, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain militants protested against McVeigh's...
Hands Off Cain militants protested against McVeigh's and Garza's execution in front of the American embassy in Rome
- MAY 18, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
During a press conference entitled "China: not only...
During a press conference entitled "China: not only death penalty" organized by Hands off Cain, Erping Zhang, international spokesman for Falun Gong, denounced the abuses against the movement by the Chinese government, which banned Falun Gong from China i
- APRIL 25, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Lipsipo (Free Police Syndicate) invoked the death penalty...
Lipsipo (Free Police Syndicate) invoked the death penalty for those caught following the murder of an entrepeneur in Turin
- APRIL 25, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution...
Italy was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001
- APRIL 23, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Regarding the decision made by the directors of three...
Regarding the decision made by the directors of three daily newspapers "il Giorno", "La Nazione" and "il Resto del Carlino" to have as their headlines "Death Penaly, yes, yes, yes" in relevance to some of the stances taken following the murder of Sara Ja
- APRIL 22, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Diego Volpe Pasini, national secretary for the Popular...
Diego Volpe Pasini, national secretary for the Popular Liberal Party in Europe with Haider, declared itself in favour of the death penalty for those who rape and kill minors stating that if his party should enter parliament they would propose a law to tha
- APRIL 22, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
"il Giorno", "La Nazione" and "il Resto del Carlino",...
"il Giorno", "La Nazione" and "il Resto del Carlino", all newspapers belonging to the Riffeser group, had as their headlines "Death Penalty, yes, yes, yes" to give relevance to some of the stances taken in relation to the murder of young girl, Sara Jay
- APRIL 21, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Franco Zeffirelli, speaking in relation to the murder...
Franco Zeffirelli, speaking in relation to the murder of a eight year old girl, Sara Jay Cusma, declared that the death penalty or exile to a far away island would be the right punishment for those who commit such crimes
- APRIL 19, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
"My name is Oliviero Toscani and I would like to talk...
"My name is Oliviero Toscani and I would like to talk about the death penalty, even though it seems ridiculous of me to talk about it in April 2001"
- MARCH 29, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In a letter, Reggio Emilia Mayor Antonella Spaggiari...
In a letter, Reggio Emilia Mayor Antonella Spaggiari threatened to dissolve the cultural exchange relationship with Fort Worth city, in Texas
- MARCH 15, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain and Nexta
Hands Off Cain and Nexta
- MARCH 6, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Senator Ersilia Salvato, vice-president of the Senate...
Senator Ersilia Salvato, vice-president of the Senate and President of the Senate Committee against the death penalty, asked the Governor of Missouri Bob Holden to pardon Antonio Richardson, a mentally impaired convict, sentenced to death for a double mur
- MARCH 5, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Speaker of the House Luciano Violante declared:...
The Speaker of the House Luciano Violante declared: "We are working in unison with the Presidents of France and Germany towards a European bill against the death penalty"
- FEBRUARY 24, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The leader of the Democratici di Sinistra (Democratic...
The leader of the Democratici di Sinistra (Democratic Left, DS) parliamentary group Fabio Mussi condemned statements by far right politicians calling for the death penalty for the perpetrators of a horrific double murder in Novi Ligure
- JANUARY 24, 2001ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Committee for the Abolition of the Death Penalty...
The Committee for the Abolition of the Death Penalty presented its conclusive report to the Italian Senate