We are pleased to attach the death penalty report for the period September – October 2022 thanks to group member Lesley who has prepared it. Of note is a handwritten letter from Jagtar Singh Johal who still languishes in prison. Note, as ever, that China does not feature in the report despite being the world’s largest executioner, but details are a state secret. We are pleased to report that Equatorial Guinea is the latest country to abolish the penalty.
Latest death penalty report
We are pleased to attach our latest death penalty report thanks to group member Lesley for preparing it. It is a lengthy one – possibly the longest we have posted – as there is a lot going on, both positive and negative, on this topic. Note as ever that China is not reported on as information about executions are a state secret. China is believed to execute more of its citizens than the rest of the world combined.
Write for Rights
Write for Rights. Now finished.
A reminder that we will be holding our Write for Rights tomorrow in the Cathedral cloisters starting at 11am today and finishing at 1pm.
We shall be asking people to sign for the following:
- Mikita Zalatarou of Belarus. He is a teenager who has been sent to a penal colony following protests at the recent elections.
- Zhang Zhan of China. She is one of the journalists who tried to get the truth out about the Covid virus in Wuhan. She was sentenced to 4 years in prison.
- Ciham ali Ahmed of Eritrea. She was arrested on the Sudan border and nine years later her family do not know her whereabouts. Many prisoners are held in underground containers.
- Bernardo Caal Xol in Guatamala. He was caught up in the protests against the construction of hydroelectric dams which would have seriously harmed the indigenous peoples. He was sentenced to 7 years in prison with no evidence provided.
These are of course only four examples of the hundreds of thousands who are arrested, tortured, disappeared or imprisoned for speaking out against their regimes. We hope you can spare a few moments to sign a card at the Cathedral.
We shall be at St Thomas’s Church in Salisbury on Saturday 11th starting at 10 am.
Death penalty report: May – June
We are pleased to attach the current monthly death penalty report prepared by group member Lesley. Contains a lot of information: Iran, Saudi, Belarus, Canada, Egypt and the US. Note that China – the world’s largest executioner – is absent because details of its massive execution activities are a state secret.
Death penalty in Belarus
Two people at risk of execution
Belarus is the last European nation to maintain the death penalty and this urgent action is asking you to take part in the campaign please. In addition to the penalty itself, the execution is carried out in secrecy with neither the family or their legal representatives told when it will be nor where where they are buried afterwards.
Death penalty report
The monthly death penalty report is now available thanks to group member Lesley for preparing it. Note that China is the world’s largest executioner of its citizens but details are a state secret.
Death penalty report May – June
The latest death penalty report is now available thanks to group member Lesley for the work in compiling it.
Group’s monthly death penalty report
The group’s monthly death penalty report is now available thanks to group member Lesley for compiling it. It contains link to the annual report produced by Amnesty International. Note that China executes more of its citizens than any other country in the world but details and statistics are a state secret.
The group cannot meet or do any face to face campaigning at present for obvious reasons. We hope to be back in action later in the year.
Death penalty report
We are pleased to attach the death penalty report for mid March/April 2020 thanks to group member Lesley for the work in compiling it.
Death penalty report
Attached is the death penalty report for December – January compiled by group member Lesley.
Amnesty in Salisbury 