Oct. 10 - World Day Against the Death Penalty

Say NO to the death penalty

Today October 10th, 2009, the 7th World Day against the Death Penalty takes place.

Every year responding to the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty's appeal, citizens, national and international institutions and NGOs rally together on 10 October to oppose the use of the death penalty and to recall that its abolition is a universal struggle.

In 2008 two new countries abolished the death penalty for all crimes (Argentina and Uzbekistan). Burundi abolished for all crimes the death penalty on 22 April 2009 and Togo on 23 June 2009. As of June 2009, 139 countries are now part of the international abolitionist family. Since 1990 more than 55 countries have abolished capital punishment.

Future progress will mainly depend on the education children receive as they are tomorrow's citizens, politicians, defendants, judges and lawyers. The world’s future is in their hands and it will be up to each and every one of them as adults to join the abolitionist family. Therefore, in 2009 World Day Against the Death Penalty is about teaching abolition.

We must fight for the Global Abolition of the Death Penalty!

Visit http://www.worldcoalition.org/