The monthly death penalty report is now available thanks to group member Lesley for her hard work on this. Discusses USA; India; Egypt among other countries. China remains the world’s largest executioner of its own citizens but information is regarded as a state secret.
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Since this item was posted we have received notification that Californian Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation has extended its written public comment period to 15 May. Full details can be found on another post.
The death penalty report for March/April 2016 is now available thanks to group member Lesley for compiling it. It has been a grim period with rises in executions in Iran and Pakistan and several executions in USA following dubious trials. Iran is coming under increasing scrutiny worldwide for its practice of executing people who were juveniles at the time of their alleged offences.
China continues to lead the world with more executions than all other countries put together.
The minutes of the last meeting are here thanks to group member Lesley for writing them up. We discussed North Korea and the forthcoming video planned with Clare Moody; the Death Penalty report which highlights the events in Saudi, Pakistan and elsewhere; plans for the Human Rights Act, forthcoming events such as the stall in the market, and social media statistics including the success of the post about the war in Yemen and our role in arming and supporting the carnage, and several other topics. The next meeting is on 14 April.
We have just added a link to an organisation, based in the USA, which campaigns for human rights of those who work in sometimes appalling factories for a pittance to bring us cheap clothes. Called The Institute for Global Labour (sic) and Human Rights, it came to light in an article on the German retailer Lidl and its latest offering of a pair of jeans called ‘jeggings’ for the princely sum of £5.99 ($8.62). The article alleges that the factories that make them in Bangladesh do so by paying a pittance to their workforce. Source: The Observer 13 March 16
It’s sometimes easy to forget that human rights can be infringed in clothing factories as well.
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We attach the death penalty report for this month thanks to Lesley for her work on this. The news about Reggie Clemons is most welcome after years of campaigning, with the decision to ‘vacate’ the previous judgement. It shows that persistent campaigning does work. The decision by Mongolia to end the death penalty is welcome especially when you consider the barbaric activities of their neighbour.
On the dark side, Saudi continues to execute with a promise to put 50 people to death.
#stoptorture #deathpenalty. The November report on the death penalty is attached thanks to group
member Lesley for compiling this.
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