UN vote boosts support for a global moratorium on the death penalty
 

22-11-14 05:25 PM

Headline Title:* UN vote boosts support for a global moratorium on the death penalty 21 November 2014 * The vast majority of the world’s countries today threw their weight behind a UN General Assembly resolution to establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty globally, Amnesty International said. * 114 of the UN’s 193 member states today voted in favour of the ...

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