regarding the Chamber of Deputies' ratification of Protocol No 13 of the European Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental liberties, Democratic Party Radical Parliamentarian Elisabetta Zamparutti said: "The vote today is the final point in a long evolution of European culture. The ratification of Protocol No 13 was perfectly consistent with the Italian judicial rule to remove the death penalty for military crimes.

a death row inmate in Botswana, Kedisaletse Tsobane, 49, who was convicted of killing his 10 year old daughter in 2004, was executed. On July 21, the Court of Appeal dismissed his case. Tsobane was sentenced to death by the Francistown High Court after he was convicted of killing his 10 year old daughter in 2004 to avoid paying for her maintenance. He pleaded guilty to a charge of murder.

Speaking to the United Nations in New York, the Spanish Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, has called for a universal moratorium on the death penalty in 2015 as a first step towards its complete abolition.

the Chamber of Deputies approved the draft law for ratifiying Protocol No 13 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties, concerning the abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances

the Lombardy Regional Council unanimously approved, with one abstention, a motion presented at the end of July, which supported the international "Universal Moratorium on the Death Penalty, Even for Tarek Aziz" appeal promoted by Hands Off Cain and the Trans-National and Trans-Party Non Violent Radical Party.

an Indian court sentenced six men to death for the brutal killings of a low-caste woman and her three young children, officials said.

"The threatening technique of creating emergencies and then asking for money to resolve them was often used by the Libyan regime. The regime is characterised among other things by the cynical use of the drama of illegal immigrants that depart from the Libyan coast, which destabilises our country" Sergio D'Elia, Hands Off Cain Secretary said. D'Elia was commenting on the incident between the Libyan ambassador in Italy and the Internal Minister Roberto Maroni.

the US Supreme Court granted a last minute reprieve to a Georgia man, less than than two hours before his scheduled execution for the 1989 slaying of an off-duty police officer.

two young men were sentenced to death in Iran for crimes they allegedly committed as minors.

three soldiers and two civilians were sentenced to death for the July 6th murder of Daniel Boteti, an opposition member of the Democratic Republic of Congo's parliament.

an Iraqi lawmaker who has made two trips to Israel and advocates peaceful relations with the Jewish state had his parliamentary immunity lifted last week and now could face a death sentence if Baghdad chooses to prosecute him.

with increasing support for tougher laws to deal with fundamentalist and extremist activities in India, the fight against death penalty is set to get tougher, former Additional Director of Central Bureau of Investigation V.R.Lakshminarayanan said.