Sant'Egidio Newsletter

Abolitions, commutations, moratoria, ...
01/29/02 - Florida/USA - Supreme Court overturned the death sentence to Spanish man Julio Mora, 75 years old 01/28/02 - Florida/USA - Supreme Court suspends execution of Amos King 01/28/02 - Virginia/USA - Va. Death Row Inmate May Get Retrial 01/26/02 - Nigeria - Hafsatu Abubakar, 18, was acquitted and released 01/25/02 - Iran - Saved just bifore the execution: the victim family forgives him, when rope is already on his neck 01/24/02 - Cuba - De Facto Moratorium on Executions in Cuba is a success. Now The Commission on Human Rights and Reconciliation wants the commutatipons for the 50 inmates on death row 01/23/02 - Turkey - Prime Minister Yilmaz: Turkey Sees End to Death Penalty 01/21/02 - Japan - Some of the 98 abolitionist parliamentarians protest against the Ministerof Justice
Other issues
01/31/02 - California/USA - California Inmate Executed Despite Trial Lawyer's Record of Ineffectiveness 01/31/02 - Pennsylvania/USA - Young Italo-American woman could get death sentence 01/31/02 - Thailand - Five Nigerians Executed in Thailand for Drug Offences 01/31/02 - Nigeria - Death By Stoning: the case of Safyia on the New York Times 01/31/02 - Florida/USA - Freed man relishes his 2nd chance 01/31/02 - Florida/USA - Joaquin Martinez, who was freed last year, after 4 yeras spent on death row, will visit soon his ex-cell-freinds 01/31/02 - USA - Death Songs Vs. Death Penalty: The Pine Valley Cosmonauts sing against death penalty in Illinois and in the world 01/31/02 - France - Charles Pasqua, Former Interior minister, minister announces candidacy for president and asks for reintroduction of capital punishmen 01/31/02 - Oklahoma/USA - John Joseph Romano, 43, was executed 01/31/02 - USA - Time for change in death penalty (Indianapolis Star) 01/31/02 - Nigeria - Mgr. John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja and President of Catholic Episcopal Conference, inivtes Christians and Muslims to dialogue and reiterates the appeal to save Safiya 01/30/02 - Colorado/USA - Colorado death penalty misguided 01/30/02 - California/USA - Stephen Wayne Anderson, 48, who became famous as a writer, was executed 01/30/02 - Concil of Europe - Draft Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances 01/30/02 - USA - Supreme Court more and more often is called to examine capital cases. How to end quibbling about capital punishment 01/30/02 - Maryland/USA - Draft Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances 01/29/02 - China - 16 people executed after a non-authorized meeting 01/29/02 - European Union - Pat Cox, new Presidente of European Parliament, talks about the new commitments of the Union for the abolition of death penalty in the world, too 01/29/02 - Georgia/USA - Ronald Spivey, 62, was executed 01/28/02 - Nigeria - African newspaper talk about the case of Safiya 01/28/02 - Iran - 4 men were hanged 01/28/02 - USA - Jesse Jackson again on death penalty and abolition 01/26/02 - USA - Equal justice and the death sentence (Denver Post) 01/25/02 - Great Britain/USA - UK would oppose death penalty 01/25/02 - USA - Improve defense in death penalty cases 01/24/02 - USA - Death Penalty Flunks Fairness Test 01/24/02 - USA - Feingold Gauging Presidential Support 01/23/02 - Florida/USA - Frank Valdes, inmate on death row, was beaten to death by the guards, medical examiner says 01/23/02 - Nigeria - Federal Government Chides EU Over Safiya 01/21/02 - France - 200 years ago Victor Hugo was born. He can be considered as the ï¿½pioneerï¿½ of the struggle against capital punishment 01/21/02 - USA - Amnesty International Report Condemns 25 Years ofï¿½Executions in the U.S 01/19/02 - Nigeria - ï¿½Thank you for your support, now I am waiting for justiceï¿½, Safyia says 01/19/02 - Texas/USA - Messo a morte Jermarr Arnold, 43 anni