Italy 2004
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News on Italy in 2004
- MAY 6, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Following a visit to the Italian Senate by a delegation...
Following a visit to the Italian Senate by a delegation of Vietnamese parliamentarians, a communiqué was released stating, "the president of the parliamentary foreign commission, Gustavo Selva, highlighted the lack of human rights in the country, demonstr
- MAY 3, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain Secretary Sergio d’Elia heavily criticised...
Hands Off Cain Secretary Sergio d’Elia heavily criticised...
- APRIL 21, 2004ItalyDEATH 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 at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 19, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN AT THE UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Hands Off Cain, together with the Transnational Radical Party, will be present at the UN Commission on Human Rights in order to add its weight to the support for the death penalty resolution which will be presented this year by current EU Presidency holde
- APRIL 8, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy became totally abolitionist in 1994, when the death penalty was abolished from the Military Codes.
Italy became totally abolitionist in 1994, when the death penalty was abolished from the Military Codes.
- MARCH 26, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino,...
A delegation of Italian Radicals, led by MEP Emma Bonino, held talks in Baghdad with the Iraqi Justice Minister, among others
- MARCH 15, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
An Italian court ordered the extradition to Morocco...
An Italian court ordered the extradition to Morocco of Moroccan cleric Mohammed Rafik wanted in connection with the 2003 Casablanca bombings after the court received assurances the suspect wouldn't face the death penalty if convicted
- MARCH 3, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Some 318 members of the 630-seat Italian lower house...
Some 318 members of the 630-seat Italian lower house of parliament, a majority including leftists and conservatives, supported a petition by the Mujahedeen Khalq, an Iranian opposition group, that thousands of their fighters not be extradited from Iraq to
- FEBRUARY 14, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain held an international two-day conference...
Hands Off Cain held an international two-day conference in Rome on February 13-14, concurrent with the meeting of HOC's board of directors
- FEBRUARY 14, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR A MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS ENDS
February 14, 2004: the international two-day conference held in Rome and the concurrent meeting of HOC’s board of directors, ended Saturday.
- JANUARY 16, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani creator of Benetton's...
Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani creator of Benetton's controversial "We, on death row" campaign in 2000, slammed his country for its weak commitment against the death penalty