Sergio D'Elia
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- OCTOBER 22, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA. SUCCESSFUL JOINT MISSION BY ITALIAN SENATE AND HOC
October 22, 2004: a joint delegation of members of the Italian Senate’s and HOC officials has concluded a four-day visit to Zambia. The mission aimed to discuss and support moves towards death penalty abolition.
- OCTOBER 11, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
As concern for the 75 civil liberties activists arrested...
As concern for the 75 civil liberties activists arrested in Cuba in March 2003 and currently jailed under harsh detention conditions rises, Hands Off Cain and the Italian Helsinki Committee are promoting an exhibition in Rome to draw attention to their pl
- OCTOBER 11, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
As concern for the 75 civil liberties activists arrested...
As concern for the 75 civil liberties activists arrested in Cuba in March 2003 and currently jailed under harsh detention conditions rises, Hands Off Cain and the Italian Helsinki Committee are promoting an exhibition in Rome to draw attention to their pl
- JULY 27, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The Italian government accepted a motion to withhold...
The Italian government accepted a motion to withhold co-operation with the Iraqi authorities in cases in which the death penalty may be applied, even for former dictator Saddam Hussein
- JULY 26, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
In Iraq's southern city of Basra, about 50 armed members...
In Iraq's southern city of Basra, about 50 armed members of firebrand Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's personal militia snatched about 20 people on July 26 during raids against people selling and drinking alcohol, police said
- JULY 22, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC Secretary General Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta...
HOC Secretary General Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, editor of HOC's 2004 Report on the Death Penalty Worldwide, brought the capital punishment issue to the attention of the Human Rights Committee of the Italian Chamber of Representatives
- JULY 4, 2004CubaDEATH PENALTY
As concern for the 75 civil liberties activists arrested...
As concern for the 75 civil liberties activists arrested in Cuba a year ago and currently jailed under harsh detention conditions rises, the Tuscan Regional Government, Hands Off Cain and the Italian Helsinki Committee are promoting an exhibition to draw
- JULY 4, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
As concern for the 75 civil liberties activists arrested...
As concern for the 75 civil liberties activists arrested in Cuba a year ago and currently jailed under harsh detention conditions rises, the Tuscan Regional Government, Hands Off Cain and the Italian Helsinki Committee are promoting an exhibition to draw
- JUNE 11, 2004IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
HOC General Secretary Sergio D'Elia requested Italian...
HOC General Secretary Sergio D'Elia requested Italian authorities to ensure that Jury Angione, the Italian national risking the firing squad for drug charges in Indonesia, gets all the consular assistance necessary, and said the association is informing o
- JUNE 11, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC General Secretary Sergio D'Elia requested Italian...
HOC General Secretary Sergio D'Elia requested Italian authorities to ensure that Jury Angione, the Italian national risking the firing squad for drug charges in Indonesia, gets all the consular assistance necessary, and said the association is informing o
- JUNE 6, 2004IraqDEATH PENALTY
Bringing back the death penalty after the handover...
Bringing back the death penalty after the handover of power by the Coalition Provisional Authority to a new Iraqi government on June 30 "is not the best way to present the new Iraq to the world," HOC General Secretary Sergio D'Elia said
- MAY 27, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Oliviero Toscani's new video clip against the death...
Oliviero Toscani's new video clip against the death penalty in promotion of Hands Off Cain's international campaign for a universal moratorium on executions established by the UN General Assembly, was shown this morning at the European Institute of Design
- MAY 7, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
On occasion of the visit to Italy of Chinese Prime...
On occasion of the visit to Italy of Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jibao, the Italian government and the Italian economists seemed positively impressed solely by the figures associated with Chinese development
- MAY 7, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
On occasion of the visit to Italy of Chinese Prime...
On occasion of the visit to Italy of Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jibao, the Italian government and the Italian economists seemed positively impressed solely by the figures associated with Chinese development
- MAY 3, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain Secretary Sergio d’Elia heavily criticised...
Hands Off Cain Secretary Sergio d’Elia heavily criticised...
- APRIL 21, 2004NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Nigeria voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- 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 19, 2004LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Regarding the executions which took place in Lebanon...
Regarding the executions which took place in Lebanon on January 17, Hands Off Cain General Secretary Sergio D'Elia said: "Europe's appeals against the resumption of executions in Lebanon would have been more credible and strong if the EU had presented and
- DECEMBER 22, 2003IraqDEATH PENALTY
"If things are to be done coherently, Iraqi law should...
"If things are to be done coherently, Iraqi law should make way for international law, for the crimes committed by Saddam were crimes against humanity", declared instead Hands Off Cain Secretary Sergio D'Elia, highlighting what has happened in the past wi
- DECEMBER 22, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
"If things are to be done coherently, Iraqi law should...
"If things are to be done coherently, Iraqi law should make way for international law, for the crimes committed by Saddam were crimes against humanity", declared instead Hands Off Cain Secretary Sergio D'Elia, highlighting what has happened in the past wi
- NOVEMBER 30, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
The "Cities for Life-Cities Against the Death Penalty"...
The "Cities for Life-Cities Against the Death Penalty" event involved 122 cities worldwide in lighting up their monuments against capital punishment
- NOVEMBER 30, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
HOC REITERATES THE NEED FOR A MORATORIUM NOW AT NOBEL SUMMIT
November 30, 2003: “We need to transform a slow historical process into political terms and time frames,” HOC General Secretary Sergio D’Elia said during of the fourth world summit of the Nobel Peace Laureates.
- NOVEMBER 12, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italian undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Margherita...
Italian undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Margherita Bonniver, speaking on at the senate's human rights commission to explain the government's decision for the non presentation of a resolution for a universal moratorium on capital executions at the ongoi
- OCTOBER 18, 2003GermanyDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of Iranians demonstrated in the German city...
Thousands of Iranians demonstrated in the German city of Dortmund in support of the leader of the Iranian opposition movement, the People's Mujahedeen, under investigation in France over alleged terrorist links
- OCTOBER 18, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Thousands of Iranians demonstrated in the German city...
Thousands of Iranians demonstrated in the German city of Dortmund in support of the leader of the Iranian opposition movement, the People's Mujahedeen, under investigation in France over alleged terrorist links
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2003BelgiumDEATH PENALTY
HOC MEETS PRODI AND FRATTINI AS EUROPEAN MISSION ENDS
September 30, 2003: the European mission conducted by George Ryan together with Leroy Orange came to an end on Monday in Brussels.
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
On Amina Lawal's acquittal, Secretary of Hands Off...
On Amina Lawal's acquittal, Secretary of Hands Off Cain, Sergio D'Elia declared: "Amina Lawal was acquitted, according to the judges, due to the conviction being void as she was already pregnant when Islamic law came into effect in her state, as reported
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
In his speech at the UN, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi,...
In his speech at the UN, Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, speaking on behalf of the EU as current Presidency holder, asked for the universal abolition of the death penalty and for a general moratorium on executions
- AUGUST 21, 2003MaliDEATH PENALTY
During a live radio program conducted in Rome on Radio...
During a live radio program conducted in Rome on Radio Radicale, Demba Traore, vice President of the Mali Justice Commission, gave assurances that Mali would vote in favour of a resolution for a moratorium on capital executions at the UN General Assembly
- AUGUST 13, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, together with...
Sergio D'Elia and Elisabetta Zamparutti, together with Silvia Piccinini of the Italian Embassy in Lusaka, met with MP Doris Katai Mwinga, Clerk of the Zambian National Assembly