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NO to the Death Penalty
International Campaign
       Comunità di Sant'Egidio

March 2004

30/03/04  Belgio

A Delegation of Sant'Egidio took part in the General Assembly of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty at the European Parliament in Brussels. (IT-EN) 

30/03/04  Texas/USA

On the invitation of the Community of Sant'Egidio, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu visited Dominique Green on death row (EN) 

30/03/04  Russia

Duma to review ratification of death penalty abolition.  (EN) 

30/03/04  Cina

4 traffickers were executed.  (EN) 

28/03/04  Ohio/USA

Inmate seeks to drop appeals, he "wants" the execution now.  (EN) 

26/03/04  Samoa Occidentali

Death penalty abolished  (FR) 

26/03/04  Nigeria

Islamic Court of Appeal overturned death sentence by stoning for sodomy, given some months ago to Jibrin Babaji. (see our urgent appeal)  (FR-EN) 

24/03/04  Comunit� di Sant'Egidio

Tamara Chicunova, founder of the Uzbek Association "Mother against Death Penalty and Torture, will talk during the evening prayer of the Community of Sant'Egidio in Brussels on March 25th, at 8.00 p.m.  (IT-FR-NL) 

24/03/04  Texas/USA

Amnesty urges Gov. Ryan, who is in Italy in these days, just to stop executions of juveniles.  (IT) 

23/03/04  Texas/USA

Archbishop D. Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, to meet Dominique Green on death row.  (EN) 

23/03/04  Sud Carolina/USA

David Clayton Hill, 39, was executed.  (IT-EN) 

23/03/04  Texas/USA

Amnesty International launches an appeal to save Kelsey Patterson, a mentally ill man, two months from execution.  (EN) 

22/03/04  Virginia/USA

Brian Lee Cherrix, 30, was executed.  (EN) 

22/03/04  Mexico

President Fox urged the US to halt the execution of Osvaldo Torres, a Mexican foreign national.  (EN) 

19/03/04  Texas/USA

Cancelled the execution date of Efrain Perez and Raul Omar Villareal, waiting for U.S. Supreme Court decision on juvenile crimes.  (EN) 

19/03/04  Cina

According to newspapers Govt. could restrict the use of death penalty.  (IT) 

18/03/04  Texas/USA

Gov. Rick Perry has commuted the death sentence of Robert Smith, a mentally retarded man. First death sentence put aside in Texas since the U.S. Supreme Court banned executions for the mentally retarded in a 2002 ruling.  (IT-EN) 

18/03/04  USA

South Dakota, Wyoming Abolish Juvenile Death Penalty; Bill Advancing in New Hampshire.  (EN) 

15/03/04  Kenya

President Kibaki has commuted all death sentences to life imprisonment.  (EN) 

14/03/04  Bielorussia

Constitutional Court:the death penalty violates the constitution. The next step could be the moratorium for the only European nation that still uses capital punishment. (EN) 

14/03/04  ONU

UN General Assembly confirms L. Arbour as High Commissioner For Human Rights, replacing S.Vieira de Mello who was killed in Iraq.   (IT-EN) 

14/03/04  USA

Urban League President Says Death Penalty is "Cruel and Inhuman"  (EN) 

13/03/04  Zimbabwe

Govt. says mercenary suspects may face death penalty.  (EN) 

11/03/04  Korea

On the initiative of Korean Catholic Church several abolitionist organisations join to end the death penalty.  (IT) 

11/03/04  China

Officer executed for corruption.  (IT) 

11/03/04  Texas/USA

Supreme Court overturns death sentence to Delma Banks and orders a new trial. Last year his execution was halted 9 minutes before the time scheduled.  (IT-EN) 

09/03/04  Libano

On the Lebanese newspapers the statement of the Community of Sant'Egidio against the resumption of executions.  (IT-FR-AR) 

08/03/04  Comunit� di Sant'Egidio

Nobel Prize winners, Members of Parliament, Mayors and City Councils, from all over the world sign to save the life of Dominique Green.

08/03/04  Texas/USA

The execution of Yokamon Hearn was halted, just 17 minutes before the time scheduled.  (IT-ES) 

08/03/04  Council of Europe - USA - Japan

Break the cycle of violence, abolish the death penalty! Council of Europe urges US and Japan to abolish it.  (IT-EN) 

08/03/04  Vietnam

Una donna � stata condannata a morte per frode.  (ES) 

07/03/04  Giordania

Woman hanged twice after rope breaks.  (IT-EN) 

07/03/04  USA

Forgiveness and reconciliation heal the heart of the families vicitms of murders.  (EN) 

05/03/04  Kirghizistan

Two Islamic activists sentend to death.  (IT) 

05/03/04  Texa/USA

Marcus Cotton, 29, was executed.  (IT) 

04/03/04  Etiopia

2 Oromo rebels sentenced to death.  (IT) 

04/03/04  Texas/USA

Last letter of Kevin Zimmerman, before execution.  (EN)