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Wednesday, 10 October, 2012
Abolishing death penalty 'will not come tomorrow'
Ninety-six members of the United Nations still maintain the right to use the death penalty. But that’s 96 too many according to international specialists gathering in Geneva today to discuss capital punishment and the fight to abolish it. As they mark the 10th international day against the death penalty, there has been measurable progress—including a landmark United Nations resolution for a moratorium, adopted by the General Assembly in 2007. In 2011 some 21 countries carried out executions, led by China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the USA. And, according to Amnesty International, the number of executions in Saudi Arabia tripled last year. So will there come a day when the death penalty itself is put to death across the world? WRS’s Dave Goodman talks to Mariangela Zappia, the European Union’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva:
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