'Abolition of the death penalty is the only viable path,' said a pair of UN experts on the 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty.
"Despite more than 170 states having repealed the death penalty or adopted moratoriums, there was a reported 20% increase in the number of executions last year."A pair of United Nations experts joined people across the globe on Monday in marking the 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty by"A growing trend of imposing the death penalty on those exercising their right to peaceful political protest is deeply worrying.
"The death row phenomenon has long been characterized as a form of inhuman treatment, as has the near total isolation of those convicted of capital crimes and often held in unlawful solitary confinement," said Edwards and Tidball-Binz in a joint statement. "A growing trend of imposing the death penalty on those exercising their right to peaceful political protest is deeply worrying," Edwards and Tidball-Binz noted."Furthermore, increasingly methods of execution have been found to be incompatible with the obligations to refrain from torture and ill-treatment, for inflicting severe pain and suffering."
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