Italy’s Prime Minister Calls For Worldwide Moratorium On Death Penalty
Italy’s Prime Minister Romano Prodi has called for a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty with a view to its complete abolition.
Mr Prodi said in a speech at the United Nations that such move would guarantee better justice around the globe and an end to cultures of vengeance.
“If genuine politics means showing foresight, we shall perform a great political act through the adoption of this resolution,” Mr Prodi said in his address to world leaders at the UN General Assembly. Read the rest of this entry »
Frank Brennan to Speak at Upcoming Forum – October 9th
The next AACP forum is being cosponsored by Just Peace Qld and Amnesty International and will be held at
6.30 for a 7pm start on Tuesday October 9th to commemorate the World Anti-Death Penalty Day, at the Trades & Labour Council building,
16 Peel St, South Brisbane.
Speakers include Father Frank Brennan, AO Jesuit Priest and social justice advocate
Paul Wilson Chair of Criminology Bond University
Lee and Christine Rush – parents of Scott Rush, one of the young Australians facing the death sentence in Indonesia
For more information – email Tina.
Australian Sentenced to Death in Vietnam
An Australian man has been sentenced to death after a one day trial for drug-trafficking in Vietnam.
From the SBS website -
Aussie man sentenced to death
An Australian man convicted of drug trafficking in Vietnam has been sentenced to death by firing squad.
Tony Manh, of New South Wales, was caught trying to smuggle almost a kilo of heroin out of the country on a plane to Sydney.
Security officers at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City stopped the 40-year-old as he tried to board a flight in March.
He was found guilty after a one-day trial at the city’s People’s Court, and ordered to pay a 40 million dong (AU $3,755) fine.
We at Australians Against Capital Punishment, ask that you take action to see that no more lives are taken by the death penalty. Please contact the Vietnamese embassy (details below) to respectfully make your opposition to capital punishment known, and sign the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty’s petition to abolish the death penalty worldwide here.
Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Australia
6 Timbarra Crescent, O’Malley, ACT, 2606, Australia
Phone: 02 – 6286 6059; 62901556 Fax: 02 – 6286 4534
Email : vembassy@webone.com.au
Website : www.vietnamembassy.org.au
