Italy 2003
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News on Italy in 2003
- JULY 17, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY: NATIONAL ALLIANCE MOTION FOR A UN MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS
July 17, 2003: a motion that “favourably receives and gives support to the government’s decision to present a resolution for a universal moratorium on executions at the next UN General Assembly” was on Wednesday presented in Parliament by the National All
- JULY 16, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A motion that "favourably receives and gives support...
A motion that "favourably receives and gives support to the government's decision to present a resolution for a universal moratorium on executions at the next UN General Assembly" was presented in Parliament by the National Alliance (AN) party
- JULY 14, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In a declaration announced by Ensemble Contre La Peine...
In a declaration announced by Ensemble Contre La Peine De Mort, the French organisation said amongst other things: "A moratorium means less executions and death sentences on the decrease
- JULY 10, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy's EU presidency was urged to ensure that the...
Italy's EU presidency was urged to ensure that the rights of terrorist suspects facing secret US military tribunals in Guantanamo Bay were respected
- JULY 9, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Robinson Githae, Assistant Minister for Justice and...
Robinson Githae, Assistant Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs of Kenya, in a meeting with Hands Off Cain officials in Rome, ensured his country's commitment to the abolition of the death penalty and Kenya's support for a moratorium resolution
- JULY 8, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Alina Fernandez, Fidel Castro's dissident daughter,...
Alina Fernandez, Fidel Castro's dissident daughter, accompanied by Sergio D'Elia, Secretary of HOC, met with vice-premier Gianfranco Fini
- JULY 8, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Sergio D'Elia, General Secretary of Hands Off Cain,...
Sergio D'Elia, General Secretary of Hands Off Cain, countered the statement by Amnesty International Italy's President Marco Bertotto, affirming that there is not yet a large enough number of favourable UN member states to ensure the approval of a morator
- JULY 8, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International "is not opposed" to the hypothesis...
Amnesty International "is not opposed" to the hypothesis of a resolution for a death penalty moratorium at the UN General Assembly
- JULY 7, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian version of Hands Off Cain's 2003 Report...
The Italian version of Hands Off Cain's 2003 Report on the death penalty worldwide has presented in Rome
- JULY 2, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In the debate on Italy's agenda for its EU presidency...
In the debate on Italy's agenda for its EU presidency presented by Premier Silvio Berlusconi to the European Parliament, MEP and Hands Off Cain president Marco Pannella, called on Italy to "include the moratorium issue in the agenda of the next UN General
- JULY 2, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In the debate on Italy's agenda for its EU presidency...
In the debate on Italy's agenda for its EU presidency presented by Premier Silvio Berlusconi to the European Parliament, MEP and Hands Off Cain president Marco Pannella, called on Italy to "include the moratorium issue in the agenda of the next UN General
- JUNE 28, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Emma Bonino MEP asked Democratic Republic of Congo's...
Emma Bonino MEP asked Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila to pardon 30 people sentenced to death for the murder of his father, former president Laurent Kabila
- JUNE 28, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Emma Bonino MEP asked Democratic Republic of Congo's...
Emma Bonino MEP asked Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila to pardon 30 people sentenced to death for the murder of his father, former president Laurent Kabila
- JUNE 14, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain members from various countries met in...
Hands Off Cain members from various countries met in Rome to consult on the strategy for the re-presentation of a moratorium resolution at the upcoming UN General Assembly
- MAY 7, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Former EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner and Hands Off...
Former EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner and Hands Off Cain honorary president MEP Emma Bonino welcomed the commitment of the Italian government to present a resolution for a worldwide moratorium on executions to the United Nations General Assembly express
- MAY 7, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian government's commitment to re-propose the...
The Italian government's commitment to re-propose the moratorium resolution to the UN General Assembly was greeted jubilantly by the Italian Senate's Commission for Human Rights
- MAY 7, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALIAN GOVERNMENT TO PRESENT MORATORIUM RESOLUTION AT UNGA
May 7, 2003: Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini last night pledged the Italian government’s commitment to HOC’s campaign for a worldwide moratorium on executions. Italy will re-present the moratorium resolution in the upcoming UN General Assembly.
- MAY 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian capital city's most famous landmark was...
The Italian capital city's most famous landmark was brightly lit to mark a visit by former Illinois governor George Ryan
- MAY 6, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini pledged the Italian...
Deputy Prime Minister Gianfranco Fini pledged the Italian government's commitment to Hands Off Cain's campaign for a worldwide moratorium on executions
- MAY 5, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Ryan argued that the American public is for a fair,...
Ryan argued that the American public is for a fair, honest and just death penalty system, and the study conducted on the Illinois system showed that this was not so
- MAY 5, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In his first public debate on the death penalty outside...
In his first public debate on the death penalty outside the United States, former Illinois Governor George Ryan called for states that execute people all over the world to impose moratoria and take the time to study their capital punishment systems
- APRIL 29, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian Chamber of Representatives approved a motion...
The Italian Chamber of Representatives approved a motion presented by the ruling faction calling for an end to Italian aid programmes, bilateral or multilateral, to Cuba if its "Communist regime" persists in "arbitrary arrests and summary executions
- APRIL 24, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death...
Italy was a cosponsor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 22, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Sergio D'Elia, Secretary of Hands Off Cain, declared:...
Sergio D'Elia, Secretary of Hands Off Cain, declared: "Obasanjo's re-election is today the best guarantee in Nigeria for the life of Amina Lawal and others who risk being sentenced to death by the political use of Sharia law as applied by the twelve north
- APRIL 22, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Outgoing President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo has...
Outgoing President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo has been re-elected in the first round of the presidential elections
- APRIL 17, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Leroy Orange, exonerated from Illinois' death row,...
Leroy Orange, exonerated from Illinois' death row, intervened at the UN Commission on Human Rights on behalf of the Transational Radical Party
- APRIL 16, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A briefing organised by Hands Off Cain for a moratorium...
A briefing organised by Hands Off Cain for a moratorium on capital executions took place at the UN buildings in Geneva
- APRIL 15, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Has been launched in Greece, holders of the EU Presidency,...
Has been launched in Greece, holders of the EU Presidency, the campaign "Stop the Death Penalty Through Internet"
- APRIL 10, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC supported the demonstrations, promoted by the Transnational...
HOC supported the demonstrations, promoted by the Transnational Radical Party and the Italian Radicals, to ask that funds given to Fidel Castro's regime by the European Commission be suspended
- APRIL 10, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain refutes the news that Amina Lawal has...
Hands Off Cain refutes the news that Amina Lawal has been condemned to death by the Supreme Court of her State of Katsina and that her stoning is now imminent