Hands Off Cain's 2004 report, edited by Elisabetta...

Hands Off Cain's 2004 report, edited by Elisabetta Zamparutti and published in Italian by Marsilio, is dedicated to Levy Mwanawasa, the President of Zambia.
President Mwanawasa is also the author of the foreword to this year's edition. President Mwanawasa was represented at the press conference by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Zambia Kalombo Mwansa.
A strongly abolitionist Baptist, he has moreover refused to sign any death warrants since he took office. On February 27, 2004 he commuted the death sentences of 44 soldiers convicted of treason to jail terms ranging from 10 to 20 years.
He has also announced that Government intends to propose the abolition of the death penalty to Parliament. In the meanwhile, he has ordered the review of all capital trials that resulted in death verdicts.