The United Nations moratorium on the death penalty

Kyrgyz Ombudsman Tursunbai Bakir Uulu asked President Kurmanbek Bakiyev

Kyrgyz Ombudsman Tursunbai Bakir Uulu asked President Kurmanbek Bakiyev

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

it was reported that Kyrgyz parliamentarians

it was reported that Kyrgyz parliamentarians

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.

CANADA SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TOWARD ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY

Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew and Minister of Justice Irwin Cotler announced Canada’s accession to a UN treaty that confirms its continued opposition to the death penalty.

USA. JESSE JACKSON ASKS FOR WILLIAMS PARDON AND FOR MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS IN CALIFORNIA

“Today I have requested a meeting with Governor Schwarzenegger”, Rev. Jesse Jackson announced.

UNITED NATIONS. UN VOICES SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN IRAN

the UN General Assembly passed a resolution expressing "serious concern" about human rights violations in Iran, including the use of torture and public executions, and called on Tehran to end the abuses.

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.

UNITED NATIONS. UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCERNED ABOUT N. KOREA RIGHTS RECORD

the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution expressing serious concern about the precarious human rights and humanitarian situation in North Korea, but South Korea abstained and China voted against. The vote was 84 in favor, 22 against with 62 abstention

the General Assembly of Parliament approved the appointments of three new justices...

the General Assembly of Parliament approved the appointments of three new justices to the 13-member Supreme Court.

AUSTRALIA. ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION URGES SINGAPORE TO HALT NGUYEN'S EXECUTION

the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) urged the Singapore government not to execute Nguyen Tuong Van, a 25-year-old convicted Australian drug runner sentenced to hang for heroin smuggling.

A new Constitution abolished the death penalty in 1987, but gave Congress the option of restoring it for

A new Constitution abolished the death penalty in 1987, but gave Congress the option of restoring it for "heinous" crimes.

SINGAPORE. HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CALLS FOR MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY

Think Centre, a Singapore civil rights group, called for a moratorium on executions after Australian national Nguyen Tuong Van lost his final clemency appeal.

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.

UNITED NATIONS. CANADA TO BLAST 'POOR' IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD AT UN

Canada planned to dress down Iran by presenting a resolution at the United Nations to address Tehran's "poor regard for human rights," officials announced.

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.

RUSSIA. NORTH OSSETIAN PRESIDENT CALLS FOR END TO DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM

Taymuraz Mamsurov, the president of North Ossetia, a North Caucasus republic within Russia, called for the moratorium on the death penalty in the country to be ended.

EUROPEAN UNION. EU CONCERNED OVER EXECUTION OF TWO IRANIAN BOYS

the European Union expressed concern over reports of executions of two Iranian youths in Mashhad on July 19.

TURIN, ITALY. PRESENTATION OF “THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE 2005 REPORT”

Hands Off Cain, together with the ‘Adelaide Aglietta’ association presented the 2005 edition of the annual Hands Off Cain Report: “The Death Penalty Worldwide”.

PRESIDENT URGED TO PREVENT RETURN OF DEATH PENALTY AFTER 29 YEAR MORATORIUM

Amnesty International issued a statement saying it was gravely concerned at reports that Sri Lanka was set to carry out its first execution in 29 years and called on the country's president to prevent the resumption of executions in the country.

LAUNCH OF HOC’S 2005 REPORT: CIAMPI, CASINI, FINI, SALVI, BONINO AND D’ELIA

Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi expressed “sincere appreciation of Hands Off Cain for its strong commitment to the consolidation in the international order of the modern humanist values founded on the protection of rights and the individual” in a m

HANDS OFF CAIN’S 2005 REPORT: MORE ABOLITIONIST STATES AND FEWER EXECUTIONS WORLDWIDE

The Death Penalty Worldwide 2005 Report illustrates a continued positive evolution towards abolition globally. HOC’s annual report, edited by Elisabetta Zamparutti, shows 8 countries dropped the death penalty in 2004, bringing up to 138 the total of count

CALIFORNIA, USA. DEMOCRATS SEEK DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM

a group of Assembly Democrats has announced a plan to seek a moratorium on capitol punishment in California, citing the possibility of executing innocent people.

YEMEN. HOC APPEALS PRESIDENT ALI ABDULLAH SALEH NOT TO EXECUTE AMINA

Hands off Cain, the international association which has been promoting an international campaign for a global moratorium on capital executions, appealed President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh to spare the Amina’s life. Amina al-Abduladif, a 21-year-old mot

"A system that would take a life must first give justice."

"A system that would take a life must first give justice."

CALIFORNIA. LOS ANGELES TIMES CALLS FOR MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY

GENEVA. CHR APPROVES RESOLUTION CALLING FOR MORATORIUM AND ABOLITION

the UN Commission on Human Rights has approved a resolution calling on states to abolish the death penalty and in the meantime to establish a moratorium on executions, for the eighth consecutive year.

GENEVA. EX DEATH ROW INMATE MAKES PLEA FOR A UN MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS

Jean de Dieu Muzaliwa Maroy, former death row inmate in the Democratic Republic of Congo, intervened at the UN Comission on Human Rights representing Hands Off Cain and the Transnational Radical Party.

GENEVA. BRIEFING FOR RELAUNCHING A UN MORATORIUM ON EXECUTIONS

a briefing entitled: “THE ROLE OF THE UN TOWARD ENDING EXECUTIONS - True Stories and Practical Realities in Africa and the U.S.A.”, will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on April 12. The event is organized by Hands Off Cain, the Transnational R