A strange fruit, abolishing the death penalty La pena di morte è come la schiavitù, nessuno può imporla

Open letter on the abolition of the death penalty in Japan

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Published on Sunday, 08 January 2012 01:48

http://www.fidh.org/Open-letter-on-the-abolition-of

Japan has year without executions

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Published on Saturday, 31 December 2011 05:44

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/japan-has-year-without-executions/story-e6frf7jx-1226232143226

JAPAN has not executed anyone so far in 2011, the government says, setting it up to be the first year in nearly two decades the country has not carried out a single death sentence.

Japan bar federation to establish panel for abolishing death penalty

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Published on Saturday, 31 December 2011 05:28

Kyodo Dec. 18, 2011

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111218x3.html

The Japan Federation of Bar Associations has decided to establish a committee to pursue the abolition of the death penalty — its first attempt to adopt an official policy against capital punishment since the group was established in 1949, members said Saturday

When Justice Fails: Thousands executed in Asia after unfair trials

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Published on Thursday, 08 December 2011 08:24

http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/asia-stop-executions-and-unfair-trials-2011-12-05

http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA01/022/2011/en/8277f110-4b73-45f6-b735-c0df044af69c/asa010222011en.pdf