South Sudan urged to abolish death penalty

[JURIST] Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] and several other international human rights groups on Monday urged [press release] South Sudan to join the majority of UN members that have abolished the death penalty [JURIST news archive]. In particular, the groups recommended that the country abandon the punishment "in law or practice by placing a moratorium on all executions" in December, the first opportunity for South Sudan to vote on a UN General Assembly resolution to establishing such a moratorium. In...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/11/south-sudan-urged-to-abolish-death-penalty.php

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