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Welcome to Reprieve AustraliaReprieve Australia works against the death penalty. It helps provide legal and humanitarian assistance to those facing the death penalty, to advocate against the death penalty and to raise awareness about human rights. Now in its tenth year, Reprieve Australia conducts volunteer programs at home and abroad, including sending Australians to defend clients facing the death penalty. It also produces news updates, conducts awareness raising events and works with other organisations which fight against the death penalty. Reprieve on TwitterHave you tried...?The new Death Penalty Information Centre app features access to its fact sheets, execution database, news updates and links to podcasts. The Reprieve UK Twitter feed keeps you updated on all the work done by our sister organisation. Feature articles and events08 Dec 2011 How it feels to help save an innocent manA UK barrister talks about Reprieve's campaign to assist Ryan Matthews, an innocent man convicted of murder in Louisiana. More10 Nov 2011 Film Screening and AGM 16th November 2011REPRIEVE Film Night Special screening: Love Lived On Death Row To mark the Reprieve’s 10th Annual General Meeting, please join us for a special screening of Love Lived on Death Row. Reprieve’s AGM will be held prior to the screening. View a trailer. Venue: Thousand Pound Bend, 361 Lt Lonsdale St, Melbourne (near the corner of Elizabeth St.) Date: Wednesday 16 November,... More08 Sep 2011 Free public forum: Why more prisons are not the answer.Join this free public forum to consider why more prisons in Victoria is not the answer to reducing crime and disadvantage. Register at www.communitylaw.org.au. This forum will include updates on current sentencing and prison trends in Victoria; Law and order policies being implemented or planned and their likely impact; the role of the media in law and order debates and strategies for change;... More04 Jul 2011 ICJ Public Forum on the Death Penalty in the Asia-PacificBali 9 Members Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran face execution in Indonesia unless presidential clemency is secured. What should Australians be doing and saying about their citizens facing the death penalty overseas? More13 May 2011 Obama and the Death Penalty: A study on politics and the death penaltyComing up on 3 June 2011, US-based death penalty lawyer Richard Bourke speaks on the intersection between politics and capital punishment. More
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