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PRI statement on World Day Against the Death Penalty
PRI statement on World Day Against the Death Penalty (10 October 2011) Penal Reform International (PRI) uses the opportunity of the ninth World Day Against the Death Penalty to publish the “London Declaration”, adopted at the conference “Progressing toward abolition of the death penalty and alternative sanctions that respect international human rights standards” on 19 […]
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PRI conducts workshop on abolition of the death penalty in Lebanon and Tunisia
Within the framework of PRI’s project “Progressive Abolition of the Death Penalty and Alternatives that Respect International Human Rights Standards”, PRI’s Middle East and North Africa office conducted two specialised training workshops in Tunisia and Lebanon between 1 and 6 October 2011 with the financial support of the European Union. PRI trains civil society in […]
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Death penalty loses popularity worldwide
Death penalty loses popularity worldwide On 19 and 20 September, Penal Reform International (‘PRI’) brought 120 people from retentionist countries to London to discuss global trends towards abolition of the death penalty. PRI Chair, David Daubney, described this conference as “an opportunity to inspire decision- and policy-makers in death penalty countries to identify new ways of […]
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PRI: Death Penalty Abolition after Arab Spring
PRI’s MENA Regional Director gives some thoughts on the prospects for death penalty abolition, in light of the recent and current upheaval in the area. Interviewed at the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty AGM in Rabat, Taghreed Jaber spoke of her fears that the death penalty might be used as revenge, as well as […]