Europe fights capital punishment

Europe marked its first anti-death penalty day, 10 October 2007, despite moves from Poland to block the event, calling for it also to condemn abortion and euthanasia

• Primary Source

European Commission: Press Release: IP/07/1471: Statement on World Day against the Death Penalty http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7037038.stm

European Commission: DG External Relations: The EU's Human rights & Democratisation Policy : Abolition of the Death Penalty http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/human_rights/adp/index.htm

Council of Europe: 'European Day against the death penalty' http://www.coe.int/t/dc/files/events/2007_death_penalty/default_EN.asp?

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