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First World Day Against the Death Penalty |
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In
May the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty (WCADP) was formed,
initiated by the Community of Sant’Egidio and other associations; among
its first proposals there was the one to indicate a day as the World
Day against the death penalty. November 30th was proposed, the day the
Grand Ducat of Tuscany abolished the death penalty in 1786, the first
State in the world to do so.
On that day many cities:
Rome, New York, Florence, Venice, Naples, Barcelona, Bruxelles, Wien,
Copenhagen, Antwerp will light their most famous monuments to say no to
the death penalty and become Cities for Life.
For more information you may visit the Sant’Egidio Web Site: http://www.santegidio.org
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