AACP was part of a snap vigil in King George Square highlighting the fate of six prisoners facing execution in Indonesia within the next two
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Australians Against Capital Punishment is a community group formed in early 2007 to advocate for a total abolition of the death penalty across the globe, and to call on our government to once again commit itself to opposing the death penalty in all cases, in all countries wholeheartedly.
We try to raise awareness of the issue through public forums, petitions, letterwriting, leafleting as well as through the media.
We welcome anyone aboard who shares our goals.
Tony Abbott confirms Bali Nine member Myuran Sukumaran has lost appeal against death penalty – ABC
The Australian Government has confirmed a member of the so-called Bali Nine has lost his final avenue for appeal against the death penalty in Indonesia.
I witnessed Ohio’s execution of Dennis McGuire. What I saw was inhumane – from The Guardian
I don’t know how any objective observer could come up with any conclusion other than that injection was an evil way to go Lawrence Hummer
Save Australians on death row in Indonesia – Amnesty International
Update 6 May 2013: Foreign Minister Bob Carr’s office has made public statements urging Indonesia to grant clemency to Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, and
Georgia presses US supreme court to overturn Warren Hill’s stay of execution – the Guardian
State claims mentally disabled prisoner is not entitled to a stay, since his arguments have already been rejected in lower courts The state of Georgia
British woman receives death sentence in Indonesia for drug smuggling
From The Guardian – Briton Lindsay Sandiford sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug trafficking Grandmother from Redcar was arrested in May after Bali police
Brisbane World Day Against the Death Penalty Dinner
AUSTRALIANS AGAINST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT & AUSTRALIAN LAWYERS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS invite you to join us at Date: Friday 12th October 2012 Time: 6.30pm for 7pm
The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: Global Overview 2010
PDF document from Harm Reduction International Website 03 June 2010 Harm Reduction International released a study on the death penalty for drug offences today on
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