Sant’ Egidio – CITIES FOR LIFE - 30 November
A decade describing anti-death penalty work and the progress across the world.
Sant’ Egidio, members of ADPAN, invite you to join them to light up your public buildings in support of the progress towards abolition.
Sant’Egidio video on Cities for Life – 2012
TAIWAN
The story of Chiou Ho-shun, Taiwan’s longest detained criminal defendant in its longest running criminal case.
Fore more information on his case, please read his ADPAN Appeal case in Chinese or English.
SINGAPORE
The story of Yong Vui Kong, a young Malaysian man, who was sentenced to death in 2008.
For more information on his case, please read his ADPAN Appeal case in Chinese, Malay, or English.
JAPAN
Former judge Kumamoto Norimichi talks about the case of Iwao Hakamada. “Since I had convicted him, I felt extremely guilty that I had to sentence an innocent man”
For more information on his case, please read his ADPAN Appeal case in Japanese or English.
INDONESIA
Interesting Al Jazeera piece on Indonesia’s justice system. Keep watching till end for excerpt on death penalty.
SOUTH KOREA
This film details the story of the death penalty in South Korea so far and features diverse people, including Kim Dae-jung, former death row inmate and the 15th President of South Korea speaking on the death penalty.
Korean Sand Art Campaign Video on the death Penalty
