December Vigil
AACP held a vigil at Queen’s Park on December 15th for those on death row around the world. About 50 people turned up to hear our choirs and speakers, as well as the message sent from Christine and Lee Rush about their ordeal as parents of someone facing execution.
The vigil was designed to reach out to the Christmas shoppers through music and spectacle, and remind them of the fate of too many people around the world.
Andrew Bartlett speaking
Stephen Keim, QC
The evening was finished off with a special guest performer sitting in on the Wagner String Quartet -
Thanks to everyone who helped organise, who spoke or performed, and to everyone who came along.
IHRA Launch Death Penalty Report
On 10th December 2007 – to coincide with International Human Rights Day – IHRA released a major report calling for an end to the use of the death penalty for drug offences around the world. The report concludes that the on-going execution of drug offenders is a violation of international human rights law.The report is entitled ‘The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: A Violation of International Human Rights Law’ and was written by Rick Lines. It is the first major report from the HR2 Project– IHRA’s new harm reduction and human rights monitoring and policy analysis programme.The report emphasises how the harms faced by people who use drugs do not only include health harms such as HIV and hepatitis C infections, but also the effects of repressive law enforcement activities. While the number of countries practicing capital punishment has steadily decreased over the past twenty years, this report demonstrates that the number of countries using the death penalty for drug offences has steadily increased. Read the rest of this entry »
