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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.
www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/opinion/parkland-death-penalty.html?unlocked_article_code=o7YteLHqxmA9...
Opinion | I Wish the Jury Had Not Sentenced My Family’s Killer to Death
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How a killer’s death sentence can bring new pain to families of victims.
In an open letter to Singapore's Minister for Law and Minister for Home Affairs, The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) have reiterated the international human rights law and standards relevant to the use of the death penalty, and called on Singaporean authorities to cease using cost sanctions against lawyers representing death-row inmates.![]()
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Read the full letter: www.icj.org/singapore-ibahri-and-icj-respond-to-ministry-of-law-and-ministry-of-home-affairs-on-t...
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The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) reiterated the international human rights law and standards relevant to the use ...
Don't forget to sign up for our 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty event tomorrow evening in Melbourne. Tickets selling fast!![]()
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Join us in person or by zoom to hear Kylie Moore-Gilbert speak with Sally Warhaft about Kylie's imprisonment in Iran. ![]()
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Tickets available here: bit.ly/3SSDhFi
Please join us in Melbourne this Thursday, 13 October, to hear Sally Warhaft interviewing Kylie Moore-Gilbert about her 804 days imprisoned in Iran.![]()
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You can join us in person or by Zoom. Bookings are essential and spaces are limited.![]()
Tickets available here: www.eventbrite.com/e/cpjp-world-day-against-death-penalty-conversation-with-kylie-moore-gilbert-t... ![]()
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Kylie is a scholar of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. She was imprisoned in Iran from September 2018 to November 2020 before being released in a prisoner exchange deal negotiated by the Australian Government. Her recent book, The Uncaged Sky, details her experience in Iran and was shortlisted for The Age Book of the Year for Non-fiction.![]()
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Mercy Campaign
Outrageous & unacceptable death sentences imposed by military court against 7 young men in #Myanmar must absolutely not be carried out by the military junta. Global action needed to pressure junta to stop this! #Burma #SaveMyanmar
#WhatsHappeninginMyanmar https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/family-members-of-myanmar-university-students-sentenced-to-death-plead-with-junta-courts-to
#Bangladesh #SheikhHasina regime denies #FreeAssembly to #opposition @bdbnp78 scheduled on 10 December 2022. Fearing #Peoples' #Uprising the #Kleptocrat has deployed #ArmedPolice to hold control. Photo of a young man killed by police firing. @UN_SPExperts @UNPeacekeeping @UN_HRC
2Powerful joint statement from 15 diplomatic missions including @AusHCBangladesh re right to peaceful assembly as protesters gather to highlight abysmal human rights abuses including extra-judicial killings & enforced disappearances in #Bangladesh on 10 December #HumanRightsDay
Australia 🇦🇺 remains committed to upholding universal human rights and the fundamental role democracy plays in protecting those rights.
Singapore's "enthusiastic application of the death penalty" may come under the spotlight in its next #CEDAW review https://twitter.com/cpjp_org_au/status/1598437049505550337
Viewing death row through the lens of gender, shows double punishments for women. We joined @The_Advocates @WCADP @ADPANetwork in highlighting the experience of women on death row in #Singapore in a submission to the United Nations #CEDAW
https://johnmenadue.com/women-on-death-row-in-singapore-how-gender-discriminations-create-a-double-punishmentfoot-notes/
Powerful joint statement from 15 diplomatic missions inc #Bangladesh including #Australia regarding right to peaceful assembly as protesters gather to highlight abysmal human rights abuses including extra-judicial killings & enforced disappearances on 10 December #HumanRightsDay
Joint Statement on Upcoming Human Rights Day 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇨🇦🇩🇰🇪🇺🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇯🇵🇳🇱🇳🇴🇪🇸🇸🇪🇨🇭🇺🇸