MEPs called on the Council to present a resolution on the moratorium on the death penalty to the 62nd UN General Assembly, in order to adopt it before the end of the year.

The Italian Senate voted to abolish the last reference to capital punishment

Italy's premier called for a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty with a

The US Supreme Court said it would decide whether the commonly used lethal

Portugal, the current EU Presidency, will present the resolution for the Moratorium on capital punishment between early and mid October.

Antonio Stango, member of the Board of Hands Off Cain,

Indonesia's top court said it rejected final appeals of three Islamic militants

The Transnational and Transparty Non Violent Radical Party issued a statement regarding the indefinite hunger strike of its members.

most people in Poland oppose capital punishment, according to

Desmond Tutu, the archbishop of Cape Town and 1984 Nobel

Romano Prodi, the Italian Prime Minister, is hoping Nobel Peace Prize winners will

in Brussels, Emma Bonino, the minister for International Trade and European Affairs, expressed “deep concern” over the management of Europe's initiative at the UN against the death penalty by the current Portuguese Presidency of the EU, criticising their “fear.”