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November 21, 2012
November 21, 2012
On the 21 of November India executed Mr Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab. The hanging took place at 7.30am (India time) in Yerawada prison, Pune, India after […]
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November 20, 2012
November 20, 2012
On 19 November the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee in New York adopted the resolution on Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty by 110 […]
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November 15, 2012
November 15, 2012
On Thursday 15 November, Mohammad Hussain, a Pakistani soldier, was executed. The hanging of Mohammed Hussain is the first execution since 2008. He was sentenced to […]
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November 9, 2012
November 9, 2012
On 6 November Californian voters chose by a narrow margin to retain the state’s death penalty. The result of the vote is disappointing but the fact […]
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November 1, 2012
November 1, 2012
Members of the International Commission against the Death Penalty issued a statement urging Californian citizens to vote ‘yes’ on Proposition 34 on 6th November 2012. Proposition […]
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October 31, 2012
October 31, 2012
Mr Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, former Prime Minister of Spain, becomes an Honorary Member of the Commission. Mr. Zapatero was the driving force behind the 2010 […]
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October 29, 2012
October 29, 2012
The International Commission against the Death Penalty called for a halt to the planned executions of Daniel Nsofor and Osayinwinde Agbomien in Edo State, Nigeria. The […]
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October 29, 2012
October 29, 2012
The International Commission against the Death Penalty called on voters in California to reject the death penalty in a public vote on 6 November 2012. A […]
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September 30, 2012
September 30, 2012
On 24th September 2012 Madagascar signed the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death […]
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September 30, 2012
September 30, 2012
Yukinori Matsuda (m), aged 39, was hanged for the robbery and murder of a couple in 2003 and Sachiko Eto (f), aged 65, was hanged for […]
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