CUBA. UNIQUE OPINION SURVEY SHOWED WIDESPREAD OPPOSITION TO THE DEATH PENALTY
the death penalty in Cuba is not a focus of public debate. But the only known opinion survey, carried out three years ago by a moderate dissident group proposing a charter of human rights for public consideration, indicated widespread opposition to the de
the death penalty in Cuba is not a focus of public debate. But the only known opinion survey, carried out three years ago by a moderate dissident group proposing a charter of human rights for public consideration, indicated widespread opposition to the death penalty.
Out of 35,209 people interviewed, only 1,842 disagreed with the text of the proposed charter, the first article of which stated that "no Cuban shall be sentenced to death or executed," Manuel Cuesta Morúa, one of the promoters of the initiative, told IPS.
Out of the total number of respondents, some 1,400 believed that the death penalty should be kept on the books, but only for exceptional crimes, added Cuesta Morúa, spokesman for Arco Progresista (Progressive Arc), a coalition of small groups with social democratic tendencies.
Out of 35,209 people interviewed, only 1,842 disagreed with the text of the proposed charter, the first article of which stated that "no Cuban shall be sentenced to death or executed," Manuel Cuesta Morúa, one of the promoters of the initiative, told IPS.
Out of the total number of respondents, some 1,400 believed that the death penalty should be kept on the books, but only for exceptional crimes, added Cuesta Morúa, spokesman for Arco Progresista (Progressive Arc), a coalition of small groups with social democratic tendencies.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Inter Press Service, 28/04/2006)