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Welcome to Reprieve Australia
Established in Melbourne, Australia in May 2001, Reprieve Australia conducts volunteer programs at home and abroad, including sending Australians to defend clients facing the death penalty. It also produces a newsletter and news updates, conducts awareness raising events and works with other organisations which fight against the death penalty. News and Events20 Nov 2008 Become a Pen PalThe Louisiana Capital Assistance Center (LCAC) is a non-profit capital trial office deeply committed to providing quality legal representation to people facing the death penalty, and is currently looking for people that are interested in corresponding with people on death row and people serving life without the possibility of parole. More17 Nov 2008 The Rendition Monologues - December 10 @ 8pmActors for Human Rights, the outreach network of London-based iceandfire theatre company, is giving a voice to people who have suffered torture and abuse under the CIA's counter-terror method known as 'extraordinary rendition'. More11 Nov 2008 Statement on execution of Bali bombersReprieve Australia strongly endorses the stance declared by Foreign Affairs Minister, Stephen Smith, that Australia will soon co-sponsor an international moratorium on capital punishment at the United Nations General Assembly. Rachel Walsh, President of Reprieve Australia, said today Australia should stand against capital punishment at every opportunity in line with the declared policy of both... More10 Nov 2008 All executions are a failure of justiceDEATH row. The expression conjures stark images. One of them for me is the faces of Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, pictured, two of the Bali nine being held in Kerobokan prison. They have been sentenced to be shot. When I last saw them 10 days ago, their anxiety was raw. Ten prisoners have been executed in Indonesia since June and one question on the minds of those working for Australians on death row in Bali is, what are the implications of Sunday's execution of the Bali bombers for them? More23 Oct 2008 Texas schedules ten executions in 30 daysThe state of Texas has scheduled ten executions in 30 days, a record in the southern state that is already the US leader in capital punishment, having put more than 400 people to death in 30 years. More21 Oct 2008 ALP split on death penalty stanceDivisions are emerging in the Federal Government over Labor's stance on the death penalty as execution day for the Bali bombers approaches. More17 Oct 2008 Iranians outlaw execution of juvenile offendersHuman rights organisations today praised Iran for announcing an end to the widely-condemned practice of juvenile executions – a decision which should spare the lives of 130 youths on death row. More10 Oct 2008 The Honourable Justice Lasry delivers Inaugural Reprieve LectureOn 9 October The Honourable Justice Lasry of the Supreme Court of Victoria delivered the Inaugural Reprieve Lecture... More10 Oct 2008 World is moving towards banning death penalty, says ReprieveThe world is moving closer to the final abolition of the death penalty, according to the latest figures published to coincide with World Day against the Death Penalty today. More09 Oct 2008 Report reveals more countries abolishing death penalty...in the last 18 months, there are still thousands of people being executed every year around the world," said Clive Stafford Smith, director of Reprieve. ... More
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Reprieve Australia works against the death penalty. It aims to provide effective legal representation and humanitarian assistance to those facing the death penalty, to advocate against the death penalty and to raise awareness about human rights.
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