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LAUNCH OF HOC’S 2005 REPORT: CIAMPI, CASINI, FINI, SALVI, BONINO AND D’ELIA

June 24, 2005: Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi expressed “sincere appreciation of Hands Off Cain for its strong commitment to the consolidation in the international order of the modern humanist values founded on the protection of rights and the individual” in a message on occasion of the launch of HOC’s The Death Penalty Worldwide 2005 Report and the presentation of the Abolitionist of the Year Award.
“I second Abdoulaye Wade when he cites Victor Hugo, who said we don’t need an executioner where prison will suffice, and when he says that the death penalty hits those who are defenceless, without resources or ways out,” said the President of Italy’s Chamber of Deputies Pier Ferdinando Casini, speaking at the event.
Former EU Commissioner Emma Bonino said the UN moratorium on executions should not remain an exclusively European proposal.
“Starting from Senegal and gathering support from other countries, we can hope to succeed at next year’s UN General Assembly,” the Radical MEP said. “It is better to work towards this through a large coalition of countries, that should certainly include Italy, but also countries from all cultures and all continents.” Italian Foreign Minister Gianfranco Fini, in a message, reaffirmed Italy’s support for HOC’s campaign.
“We need to keep up our guard in an international context where certain crimes shock people and prompt public opinion in certain countries to believe that extreme punitive measures may be the adequate or even the only response commensurate to the brutality of these crimes,” Fini said.
Towards this aim, HOC Secretary General Sergio D’Elia emphasized the need for an international moratorium on executions approved by the UN General Assembly, and expressed disappointment with the EU’s inability to reach this target. 
“We need to form a coalition of promoter countries that involves states representing all continents, not just Europe and the West,” D’Elia reiterated, stating that conditions in the General Assembly were favourable to the approval of such a resolution. 
Senate Vice-President Cesare Salvi pointed out that the Italian Parliament had always, almost unanimously, expressed itself in favour of all initiatives against the death penalty and towards a worldwide moratorium.

CHINA. 13 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CROSS COUNTRY BORDER DRUGS CASE
EU. TRADE OF TORTURE EQUIPMENT BANNED
PAKISTAN. COURT BACKS RAPE VICTIM, RE-ARREST ORDEREDFOR MEN ACQUITTED OF ATTACK
NEW CATECHISM. D’ELIA SAYS CATHOLIC CHURCH’S JUSTICIALISM STILL IN EVIDENCE
EGYPT. COURT SENTENCES TWO MEN FOR LEADING GANG OF ARMS TRAFFICKERS
CHINA. POP SINGER’S BROTHER EXECUTED FOR HEROIN SMUGGLING
CHINA. MASS SENTENCING AND EXECUTIONS MARK INTERNATIONAL ANTI-DRUG DAY
CHINA. SEVEN MORE EXECUTED AHEAD OF INTERNATIONAL ANTI DRUG DAY
CHINA. MASS SENTENCING IN RUN UP TO INTERNATIONAL ANTI-DRUG DAY
CHINA. WOMAN EXECUTED FOR ORGANISING DRUG RING
INDONESIA. ACEH HAS FIRST CANINGS UNDER MUSLIM LAW
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPING WOMAN AT KNIFEPOINT
SENEGAL PRESIDENT ABDOULAYE WADE PLEDGES TO LEAD IN AFRICA
HANDS OFF CAIN’S 2005 REPORT: MORE ABOLITIONIST STATES AND FEWER EXECUTIONS WORLDWIDE
CHINA. EXECUTIONS IN RUN UP TO INTERNATIONAL ANTI-DRUG DAY
MEXICO. HOUSE APPROVES MEASURE TO PROHIBIT DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. GOVERNOR COMMUTES 28 DEATH SENTENCES
PA. PALESTINIANS MAY ANNUL RULINGS OF SECURITY COURTS
THE PHILIPPINES. COURT SENTENCES SEVEN MILITANTS TO DEATH
VIETNAM. LETHAL INJECTION PROPOSED AS EXECUTION METHOD
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
VIETNAM. DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
PALESTINE. COUNCIL OF EUROPE ASKS NATIONAL PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
IRAN. COUNTRY STILL STONING WOMEN, SAYS NOBEL LAUREATE
UNITED STATES. SUPREME COURT TOSSES DEATH SENTENCE
TEXAS, USA. PERRY SIGNS SENTENCING OPTION INTO LAW
CHINA. ANOTHER “MURDER VICTIM” REAPPEARS AFTER KILLER EXECUTED
BANGLADESH. INDIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING
SYRIA. HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ASK FOR DEMOCRATIC REFORMS AND THE ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE

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