The Stop the death penalty through Internet campaign...

The Stop the death penalty through Internet campaign launch in Nuremberg was attended by city mayor Horst Förther (SPD), Elisabetta Zamparutti; HOC Board Member , Emma Bonino, MEP, Sophia Hedmark, Miss Sweden World and Peter Beat of the Pocket Opera Company.
Förther highlighted the city's commitment to the development of human rights. The campaign launch was the first of a series of anti-death penalty musical and artistic activities in the city this week.
Zamparutti stressed the paramount importance of making public opinion in EU countries aware that the Union intends to present a moratorium resolution at the UN General Assembly, when Italy is term-president.
Bonino affirmed her opposition to a boycott of the Miss World beauty contest, due to be held in Nigeria on December 7.
"Boycotts are not the means to support the cause of human rights. With regard to Nigeria and Amina, boycotting Miss World means playing into the hands of the fundamentalists who have declared the event blasphemous."
Her opinion was supported by Hedmark, the Swedish contestant, who said she wants to participate in the contest and use the occasion to protest against the death penalty.
The boycott of the Miss World pageant has lost momentum. The latest candidate to adhere to HOC's campaign against it was Miss Hungary, Renata Rozs.
Beat, on behalf of the Pocket Opera Company that organised the Nuremberg online campaign launch in co-operation with HOC, said it's important to unite politics with arts to bring HOC's message to a target audience that may never hear it otherwise.