Tag: Capital Punishment
Saudi Arabia executes eight Bangladeshi nationals
Eight Bangladeshi men have been executed in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh on Friday. The migrant workers, who were beheaded in public, were sentenced to death for the alleged murder of an Egyptian man in April 2007. Since the end
Love Lived on Death Row screenings
This year Abolition UK are donating all funds raised to the Journey of Hope an organization led by murder victim family members joined by death row family members, family members of the executed, the exonerated, and others with stories to
Free Debra Jean Milke
Debra Jean Milke has been sitting on Arizona’s death row for nearly 20 years, largely because a police detective said she confessed to plotting her 4-year-old son’s murder. She was convicted solely on the spurious testimony of a detective.
Gary Glitter ‘Executed’ In Channel 4 Film
Shamed pop star Gary Glitter is to be "executed" in a new television programme examining capital punishment. The 90-minute Channel 4 film reintroduces the death penalty to Britain and explores public attitudes to it.
10th annual march to abolish the death penalty (US)
The 10th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty will be held in Austin on October 24, 2009.
Texas Moratorium Network
“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” Elie Wiesel...
Jeremy Irons talks about the death penalty
Pop-up panels may be obscured by this video panel! via YouTube Actor Jeremy Irons outlines arguments against capital punishment in a clip to support Amnesty International’s campaign against the death penalty.
The Death Penalty in China
Pop-up panels may be obscured by this video panel! via YouTube The death penalty in China took a sinister twist when authorities started supplying organs from executed priosoners. CAUTION: some graphic scenes!
Free Mumia Abu Jamal
Pop-up panels may be obscured by this video panel! via YouTube A meeting in London on 6 December 2007 heard the latest on the case of US political prisoner and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal. Mumia is only 54 years
Save Troy Davis
Pop-up panels may be obscured by this video panel! via YouTube On 26th September 2006 three judges made their ruling and denied an appeal despite seven key witnesses recanting their testimony. There is evidence that Troy did not receive a
