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Capital Punishment Justice Project
Capital Punishment Justice Project (formerly Reprieve Australia) stands for a world without the death penalty. We work with our volunteers, interns, and board to develop legal and policy solutions that will help save lives.
Listening to a great event: 'A Deadly Distraction: Why the Death Penalty is not the Answer to Rape in South Asia'. Excellent report: bit.ly/3lpveRu! If you haven't registered for the event then you will be able to watch it on EleosJustice's website soon. It is fantastic to see our joint venture with Monash University, Eleos Justice, producing leading evidence based research on topics like this. Well done Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), Sara Kowal, Mai Sato, Chris Alexander, Same Network, and Zaman Ashraf.
A Deadly Distraction: Why the Death Penalty is not the Answer to Rape in South Asia
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Since 2010, persons convicted of rape offences were executed in at least 9 countries, including India and Pakistan. Moreover, public protests against the rape epidemic, which led governments to introd...
Today, on #IDAHOBIT, CPJP along with @ILGAAsia
@ICJ_org, and other human rights organisations, call for the abolition of the death penalty as punishment for same-sex sexual conduct.![]()
π Read the full statement: www.ilgaasia.org/news/2022/5/17/abolish-the-death-penalty-and-halt-its-discriminatory-use-to-puni...
Clifford Chance LLP
Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN)
ILGA World
Mercy Campaign
LGBTQ+
www.ilgaasia.org
On the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, ILGA Asia, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and 5 other organisations condemn the death penalty under any circumstan...
Join us for the launch of "A Deadly Distraction: Why the Death Penalty is not the Answer to Rape in South Asia".![]()
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Thursday 19 May
β° 17:00 AEST / 12:00 PKT / 12:30 IST / 13:00 BST
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Register now: eventbrite.com.au/e/deadly-distraction-why-death-penalty-is-not-the-answer-to-rape-in-sth-asia-ti...
Sara Kowal
Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN)
Mercy Campaign
Project 39A, National Law University, Delhi
World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
Deadly Distraction: Why Death Penalty is not the Answer to Rape in Sth Asia
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Join this important report launch - "A Deadly Distraction: Why the Death Penalty is not the Answer to Rape in South Asia".
To mark #pridemonth2022, Kaleidoscope Human Rights Foundation + EleosJustice (a joint initiative of Monash University and CPJP) invite you to a screening of Welcome to Chechnya at Pride Centre in St Kilda. Connect with fellow advocates and allies at the pre-screening canapΓ©s and drinks reception: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/screening-of-welcome-to-chechnya-tickets-321089987797. You can learn more about the ongoing use of state-sanctioned killing of sexual minorities by reading our report here: cpjp.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/State-sanctioned-killing-of-sexual-minorities_Final.pdf. CPJP is working to evacuate LGBTQI Afghans at risk of execution / extrajudicial killing from Afghanistan, and you can support this work here: chuffed.org/project/cpjphelpafghansatrisk
Emergency Assistance to Evacuate Afghans at Serious Risk
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We are all watching the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and feeling totally helpless.
Seven years ago β at 12.35am on April 29, 2015 β Andrew Chan, Myuran Sukumaran and six other prisoners were tied to posts in the Indonesian jungle and executed by a firing squad. ![]()
In jail, Andrew brought comfort and hope to others and Myuran shared his skills to give prisoners the chance of a better life. ![]()
Across the world executions go on, pointlessly. ![]()
We wonβt stop fighting for abolition.