Italy 2005
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News on Italy in 2005
- DECEMBER 20, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. DECEMBER 31 DEDICATED TO ‘THE LAST DAY’
Hands Off Cain headquarters in Rome hosted the presentation of “The Last Day” (“Ultimo giorno”), a day of television dedicated exlusively to the death penalty, to be aired on December 31, 2005, on the satellite chanel ‘Planet’ from 7:30 am till midnight.
- DECEMBER 13, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. ‘WILLIAMS EXECUTION IS RUTHLESS JUSTICE’, D’ELIA
Stanley Williams was executed after being denied clemency by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- DECEMBER 7, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY’S ACTORS AND DIRECTORS APPEAL TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER TO GRANT CLEMENCY TO STANLEY ‘TOOKIE’ WILLIAMS
a number of Italy’s actors and directors have signed Hands Off Cain’s appeal aimed at California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to halt the scheduled execution Stanley Williams at San Quintino penitentiary on December 13. Those who have given their suppor
- DECEMBER 5, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN ENTRUSTS PRESIDENT CIAMPI WITH STANLEY ‘TOOKIE’ WILLAIMS APPEAL
Secretary of Hands Off Cain Sergio D’Elia delivered to Italy’s President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi the appeal signed by Italy’s Parliamentarians and Regional Presidents to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for the suspension of the scheduled execution
- DECEMBER 5, 2005BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. SENATOR APPEALS TO GOVERNMENT TO URGENTLY UNDERTAKE ACTIONS IN SUPPORT OF BULGARIANS ON DEATH ROW IN LIBYA
Tana de Zulueta, a senator for the Green Party group in Italy's senate, sent a parliamentary request to the Italian Government for urgent actions to help the Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya. De Zulueta officially asked the Government what mea
- DECEMBER 3, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC. ITALIAN ‘GOVERNORS’ PRESENT CLEMENCY APPEAL FOR STANLEY ‘TOOKIE’ WILLIAMS
the press conference for the presentation of the appeal by Italy’s ‘Governors’ to ask California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger clemency for Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams, scheduled to be put to death on December 13, was held in Rome at Hands Off Cain’s headq
- DECEMBER 3, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. TRIBUNAL RULES AGAINST EXTRADITION OF CIPRIANI TO CONNECTICUT
the Regional Administrative Tribunal (TAR) of Latina, Italy, suspended the extradition to the United States of Benedetto Cipriani, an Italian-American national charged with killing three people in the US.
- DECEMBER 2, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC. PRESS RELEASE TO PRESENT PETITION FOR ‘TOOKIE’ WILLIAMS
there will be the presentation of the petition signed by the italian governors to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to halt the executions of Stanley “Tookie” Williams, whose execution is scheduled on december 13th.
- DECEMBER 2, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. 53 PARLIAMENTARIANS SIGN WILLIAMS APPEAL
53 parliamentarians have so far given their support to Hands Off Cain’s appeal aimed at California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to halt the scheduled execution Stanley Williams.
- DECEMBER 1, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. EIGHTEEN REGIONAL PRESIDENTS SIGN WILLIAMS APPEAL
two more of Italy’s regional ‘Governors’ added their support to the appeal aimed at California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in order to halt the execution of Stanley Williams, scheduled to take place on December 13.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
1,000TH EXECUTION IN THE U.S. AND CITIES AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY, D’ELIA: LETS NOT FORGET THE SLAUGHTER IN CHINA AND THOSE CONDEMNED TO DEATH IN IRAN, VIETNAM AND NORTH KOREA
Hands Off Cain adhered to the demonstration in Rome on November 30 in front of the United States embassy to mark the 1,000th US execution since the Supreme Court reintroduced the death penalty in 1976.
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. CUTULI CASE, ITALIAN EMBASSY AWAITS CONFIRMATION OF DEATH SENTENCES
it was reported that the Italian embassy in Kabul may ask for the commutation into life imprisonment of the death sentences handed down to brothers Zar Jan and Abdul Wahid for the murders of Maria Grazia Catulli and three other journalists in November 200
- NOVEMBER 30, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. CITIES LIGHT UP MONUMENTS AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
over 380 towns around the world joined forces to condemn the death penalty, as the United States prepared to carry out its 1,000th execution since reinstating capital punishment 30 years ago.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. SIGNATURES COLLECTED IN PARLIAMENT TO SAVE STANLEY WILLIAMS
Italy’s deputies and senators are also collecting signatures to ask California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to grant clemency to Stanley Williams, scheduled to be executed on December 13.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. SIXTEEN REGIONAL PRESIDENTS SIGN WILLIAMS APPEAL
two more of Italy’s regional ‘Governors’ added their support to the appeal aimed at California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in order to halt the execution of Stanley Williams, scheduled to take place on December 13.
- NOVEMBER 28, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
italy. CIAMPI, LETTA AND TUTU BACK S.EGIDIO
"The Italian government confirms its commitment on a death penalty moratorium, as per UN proposal", according to Cabinet Undersecretary Gianni Letta, in his message to the "Sant'Egidio" Catholic NGO on the eve of the 4th International Death Penalty Abolit
- NOVEMBER 24, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. MORE SIGNATURES FROM ITALIAN ‘GOVERNORS’ FOR WILLAMS APPEAL
seven regional Presidents have lent their name to an appeal promoted by Hands Off Cain to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to halt the execution of Stanley Williams scheduled to take place on December 13.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. MORE REGIONAL PRESIDENTS SIGN WILLIAMS APPEAL
seven more of Italy’s Regional ‘Governors’ have added their names to the appeal to ask California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to halt the execution of Stanley Williams scheduled to take place on December 13.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MEXICO. PRESENTATION OF HANDS OFF CAIN’S 2005 REPORT – THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE
the presentation of the Spanish edition of Hands Off Cain’s 2005 report – The Death Penalty Worldwide took place in Mexico City.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
MEXICO. PRESENTATION OF HANDS OFF CAIN’S 2005 REPORT – THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE
the presentation of the Spanish edition of Hands Off Cain’s 2005 report – The Death Penalty Worldwide will take place tomorrow in Mexico City.
- NOVEMBER 12, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. HANDS OFF CAIN RECEIVES PEACE PRIZE ‘LOVE AND PSYCHE’
Hands Off Cain was awarded the peace prize “Love and Psyche 2005” by the 11th MEDFILM festival, a competitive international film festival dedicated to human rights.
- NOVEMBER 7, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND. ITALIAN RISKS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
Thai police arrested Italian national Daniel Testoni, 22, accused of having stabbed to death Japanese businessman Marcio Cristiano Hiraoka.
- NOVEMBER 2, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. HANDS OFF CAIN JOINS EMBASSY DEMONSTRATION AND DENOUNCES FAILURE OF EUROPEAN POLICY
Hands Off Cain adheres to the candle light vigil, promoted by the Italian daily Il Foglio, to be held on November 3 in front of the Iranian embassy in Rome and also denounces Europe’s policy of ‘constructive dialogue’ with the Mullah’s regime.
- OCTOBER 28, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
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an Afghan court ruled that two brothers should be executed for their involvement in the killing of four journalists in 2001.
- OCTOBER 19, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC. “DEATH PENALTY FOR SADDAM WOULD BE A RETURN TO THE PAST”
“Sentencing to death Saddam Hussein would not be the best way of presenting the new Iraq as it would not offer a solution to the past,” declared Sergio D’Elia, Secretary of Hands Off Cain, commenting on the beginning of proceedings against the former Iraq
- OCTOBER 18, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
NEW YORK. PRESENTATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE 2005 REPORT
Hands Off Cain, together with the Transnational Radical Party and the National Association for Criminal Defence Lawyers, presented its 2005 Report - The Death Penalty Worldwide at UN Headquarters in New York.
- OCTOBER 18, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND. ITALIAN COULD FACE ON DRUG CHARGES
an Italian could face execution after being arrested on drug trafficking charges in northern Thailand, police said. Stefano Pelliccia, 50, from Rome, was apprehended on October 18 at a checkpoint in Mae Sai district of the northernmost province Chiang Rai
- OCTOBER 9, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY. ITALIANS OPPOSED TO DEATH PENALTY, POLL
many adults in Italy are against capital punishment, according to a poll by Ispo Ltd. 76 per cent of respondents opposed the death penalty.
- OCTOBER 4, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
SPAIN. HANDS OFF CAIN 2005 REPORT AT THE SENATE
Hands Off Cain’s “2005 Report – The Death Penalty Worldwide”, edited in its Spanish edition by HOC board member Begoña R. Antigüedad, was presented in Madrid at the Spanish Senate.
- AUGUST 30, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA. PROSECUTOR SEEKS DEATH SENTENCE IN TRIAL
prosecutors in the self-declared republic of Somaliland asked a regional court to sentence to death 10 people suspected of killing aid workers between 2002-2004.