{"id":8425,"date":"2017-10-09T16:55:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T14:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/?p=8425"},"modified":"2017-10-09T18:13:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T16:13:12","slug":"october-10-world-day15th-world-day-against-the-death-penalty-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/2017\/10\/october-10-world-day15th-world-day-against-the-death-penalty-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"October 10: World Day15th World Day Against the Death Penalty: Poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcoalition.org\/worldday.html\">WORLD COALITION<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8426\" src=\"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/death-penalty-Capture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"737\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/death-penalty-Capture.jpg 737w, https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/death-penalty-Capture-300x148.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The death penalty is used discriminatorily, often against the most vulnerable people and should be abolished<\/strong><br \/>\nThe application of the death penalty is inextricably linked to poverty. Social and economic inequalities affect access to justice for those who are sentenced to death for several reasons: defendants may lack resources (social and economic, but also political power) to defend themselves and will in some cases be discriminated against because of their social status.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Poverty and the death penaly: insights and witnesses<br \/>\n<\/strong>Click on the photos on the map below to watch the videos of Adaobi Egboka (<strong>Nigeria<\/strong>), Robin Maher (<strong>USA<\/strong>) and Shreya Rastogi (<strong>India<\/strong>). In another video, Tamara Sialun, whose son was sentenced to death in\u00a0<strong>Belarus<\/strong>, shares the great difficulties she encountered, with Andrei Paluda (coordinator of the campaign for Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty led by Viasna).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widgets.scribblemaps.com\/sm\/?d&amp;z&amp;l&amp;gc&amp;af&amp;mc&amp;lat=68.26938680456605&amp;lng=18.45703125&amp;vz=2&amp;type=custom_style&amp;ti&amp;s&amp;width=550&amp;height=400&amp;id=Z5KyueP7_s\" width=\"550\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The death penalty in practice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 104<\/strong>\u00a0countries have abolished the death penalty for all crimes<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 7\u00a0<\/strong>countries have abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 30\u00a0<\/strong>countries are abolitionist in practice<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 57<\/strong>\u00a0countries are retentionist<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022 23<\/strong>\u00a0countries carried out executions in 2016<br \/>\n\u2022 In 2016, the top five executioners were<strong>\u00a0China, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nTo know more about the death penalty&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; all over the world: read the\u00a0<a class=\"doc-popup\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcoalition.org\/resourcecentre\/document\/id\/1497271974\">facts &amp; figures<\/a><br \/>\n&#8230; and poverty: read the\u00a0<a class=\"doc-popup\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcoalition.org\/resourcecentre\/document\/id\/1497271193\">leaflet<\/a>, the\u00a0<a class=\"doc-popup\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcoalition.org\/media\/resourcecenter\/EN_WD2017_FactSheet\">detailed factsheet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>10 things you can do to end the death penalty<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Organize a public debate\u00a0<\/strong>and a movie screening with exonerees, victims of terrorism, murder victim\u2019s families, experts, to raise awareness on the reality of the death penalty. See our\u00a0<a class=\"doc-popup\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcoalition.org\/media\/resourcecenter\/EN-KitMobilisationWD2017\">mobilization kit<\/a>\u00a0for useful tips!<br \/>\n<strong>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Organize an art exhibition<\/strong>\u00a0(photo, drawings, posters) or a theatre performance.<br \/>\n<strong>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Organize a demonstration<\/strong>, a sit-in, a \u2018die-in,\u2019 a flash mob.<br \/>\n<strong>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Join the events<\/strong>\u00a0prepared for the abolition of the death penalty worldwide.<br \/>\n<strong>5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Call upon your government<\/strong>\u00a0officials to follow the recommendations for World Day by using our\u00a0<a class=\"doc-popup\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcoalition.org\/media\/resourcecenter\/EN_WD2017_ModelLetter\">model letter to governments of retentionist countries.<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Write to a prisoner<\/strong>\u00a0on death row.<br \/>\n<strong>7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Donate to the World Coalition<\/strong>\u00a0against the Death Penalty or another group working to end the death penalty.<br \/>\n<strong>8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Follow the social media campaign<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/worldcoalition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wcadp\">Twitter<\/a>:\u00a0<strong>#nodeathpenalty<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mobilize the media\u00a0<\/strong>to raise awareness on the issue of the death penalty.<br \/>\n<strong>10.\u00a0 Participate in \u201cCities Against the Death Penalty\/<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcoalition.org\/cities\">Cities for Life<\/a>\u201d on 30 November 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call for initiatives<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&gt; On 10 October 2017,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcoalition.org\/Calendar-of-events-for-World-Day-2017.html\">\u00a0take action against the death penalty<\/a>!<\/strong><br \/>\nJoin hundreds of initiatives organized worldwide<\/p>\n<p><strong>&gt; Wherever you are<\/strong><br \/>\nIn Africa, America, Asia, Oceania or Europe<\/p>\n<p><strong>&gt; Whoever you are<\/strong><br \/>\nNGOS, teachers, lawyers, local representatives, parliamentarians, artists, reporters, religious leaders, citizens<\/p>\n<p><strong>&gt; Whatever your plans are<\/strong><br \/>\nDebates, concerts, press conferences, demonstrations, petitions, educational and cultural activities&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&gt;<\/strong>\u00a0If you are a member organization of the World Coalition with access to the prison administration in your country or\u00a0 if you are regularly in contact with people on death row or their families, or a member organization that wishes to do so in the future, you can<strong>\u00a0Conduct your own study\u00a0<\/strong><strong>on the socio-economic situation of the people on death row<\/strong>\u00a0by using our Research methodology sheet.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcoalition.org\/Contact-us.html\">Contact us<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcoalition.org\/Contact-us.html\">Get in touch with the World Coalition<\/a>\u00a0to tell us about events scheduled on October 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armanshahr\/OPEN ASIA joins  the 15th World Day Against the Death Penalty. The death penalty is used discriminatorily, often against the most vulnerable people and should be abolished. The application of the death penalty is inextricably linked to poverty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,64,63,54,90,89,85,43,37,65,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-armanshahr-public-seminars","category-armanshahropen-asia","category-calls-and-statements","category-death-penalty-torture-and-other-inhuman-punishments","category-editor-selection","category-events","category-human-rights","category-human-rights-online-library","category-international-conferences","category-others","category-world","country-world","Documents-conventions"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8425"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8436,"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8425\/revisions\/8436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openasia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}