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August 20, 2012
August 20, 2012
Marvin Wilson was executed by lethal injection at Huntsville State Prison Texas, USA. Marvin Wilson was executed despite the fact that he suffered from ‘mental […]
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July 8, 2012
July 8, 2012
On 5th July 2012 Benin acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the […]
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April 12, 2012
April 12, 2012
Following votes by the Senate and House of Representatives to repeal the death penalty, the Governor of Connecticut is expected to sign the bill into law. […]
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March 30, 2012
March 30, 2012
According to the Ministry of Justice three prisoners were executed on 29 March 2012. Tomoyuki Furusawa, 46, Yasutoshi Matsuda, 44 and Yasuaki Uwabe, 48, were executed […]
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March 24, 2012
March 24, 2012
The International Commission against the Death Penalty (ICDP) met in Geneva on 22 and 23 March 2012 in order to discuss strategies on abolition of the […]
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March 19, 2012
March 19, 2012
Belarus state television reported the executions on Saturday 17 March 2012. Dmitry Konovalov and Vladislav Kovalyov, both 25 years of age, were reportedly executed soon after […]
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February 14, 2012
February 14, 2012
Pablo Ibar has been on death row in Florida State Prison for almost 12 years. He was convicted of a triple murder in 1994 despite serious […]
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January 12, 2012
January 12, 2012
The trial is an occasion to reveal the truth about the unlawful killing of anti-government demonstrators but it is important that the process is conducted according […]
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January 6, 2012
January 6, 2012
On 5 of January 2012, the Mongolian Parliament approved a bill to ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, […]
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November 30, 2011
November 30, 2011
More than 1’300 Join the Worldwide Celebrations “Cities for Life – Cities against the Death Penalty”
On the occasion of the 30 November, the day on which more than thousand cities celebrate the value of human life, the International Commission against the […]
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