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Serge Atlaoui, the interminable wait
29 November 2024
Sentenced to death in Indonesia in 2007, Serge Atlaoui, a welder from Metz, has lived in fear of execution ever since. In November 2024, France officially requested his repatriation, in response to statements by the Indonesian authorities concerning the possible return of foreign prisoners to their country of origin. This…
Événement, In pictures, In the field
“The Death Penalty Protects No One”: A Look Back at Mobilization Efforts on the 22nd World Day Against the Death Penalty
22 November 2024
The 22nd World Day against the Death Penalty was celebrated on 10 October. As a unifying event for the abolitionist movement, the World Day serves as an opportunity for civil society, political leaders, legal experts, and others to mobilize and implement a variety of actions: press conferences, press releases and…
Event
American presidential election: the death penalty still in debate
05 November 2024
In the United States, despite the decrease in the number of executions, the use of the capital punishment still convinces a significant part of the American public opinion. For the United States as a whole, the support of the death penalty went from 80% in 1994 to 53% in 2023,…
Event, In pictures
Ndume Olatushani : Ambassador for the abolition of the death penalty
17 October 2024
September 2024 was an eventful month for ECPM, including the visit to France of American abolitionist activist Ndume Olatushani. He has shared his experience as a former death row inmate in the United States for over 20 years, giving talks at several high schools, universities and prisons. To mark the…
Advocacy
Lebanon: 20 years of moratorium
14 October 2024
ECPM hesitated before publishing this article. However, at a time when Lebanon is living under bombardment, we felt it was essential to highlight the evolution that had been made to date, to emphasize that Lebanon had made undeniable progress towards taking into account the right to life as the foundation…
Editorial / opinion page
Declaration by the Youth Ambassadors for the Abolition of the Death Penalty on the occasion of the European and World Day against the Death Penalty
10 October 2024
We, the Youth Ambassadors for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, the youth of Europe and the world, unite today to call for the universal abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances. In a time of increasing global challenges, we wish to reaffirm that justice, human rights, and equality…
Event, In pictures
World Forum Normandy for Peace: ECPM in the Village for Peace
08 October 2024
From 26th to 27th September, the 7th World Forum Normandy for Peace occurred in Caen with « This world that escapes us: How to win peace in the face of new violence? » as the leading subject. ECPM was on site with a booth within the Village for Peace for…
Tribune / Editorial
Saudi Arabia : NGOs voice fears for dozens of Egyptian prisoners facing execution
12 September 2024
We, the undersigned organisations, are gravely fearful for the lives of hundreds of prisoners threatened with imminent execution in Saudi Arabia on drugs-related charges, including 33 Egyptians on a single wing of Tabuk Prison. These men are living in a state of terror, since the number of executions for such…
Tribune / Editorial
Iran : No to the repression of women in Evin prison
20 August 2024
On August 6, severel women political prisoners, with the Peace Nobel Prize Narges Mohammadi among them, were brutally attacked by Iranian security forces. This is an unprecedented repression in Evin Prison, which ECPM and several human rights stakeholders staunchly denounce.
Press release
Saudi Arabia : The international community sounds the alarm
24 July 2024
On July 4, 2024, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted the report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review of Saudi Arabia. ECPM co-signed a joint communiqué with several NGOs to call for concrete follow-up to this process.
