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United Nations campaign in support of moving away from the death penalty. As long as the death penalty exists, there is a need for advocacy against it.

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

I thank all UN peacekeepers who finished a job well done in Côte d'Ivoire & I hail the Ivorian people for building peace and stability.

[France ONU Genève 🇫🇷🇺🇳 @FranceONUGeneve]

Check this “#DeathPenalty around the world” interactive map → https://t.co/5GHUEI96C3 @EndExecutions #HumanRights

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@UN expert urges #Iran to stop using #deathpenalty against boys & girls under 18. https://t.co/kUoiT2dSpJ @UNHumanRights #EndExecutions

[NCADP @ncadp]

#California may have a chance to abolish the #deathpenalty in upcoming votes, read why they should @ocregister https://t.co/Dw1aEyDWKg

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Trend: In 2015 #deathpenalty remained a marginal, localized phenomenon, says @DeathPenaltyWW #Endexecutions https://t.co/INR0d9daDY

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

"To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice," Desmond Tutu said. Follow our flagship campaign to @EndExecutions

[Death Penalty Information Center @DPInfoCtr]

156 people have been exonerated from death row since 1973 #DeathPenalty

[Amnesty International USA @amnestyusa]

#Iran: 160+ juvenile offenders are on death row. Stop the injustice, END the #DeathPenalty. https://t.co/LH8WM8OCZh

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Good read: editorial from @nytimes. #deathpenalty 'is morally unacceptable, inhuman, barbaric, unjust and useless' https://t.co/cyT20OuqWT

[Sister Helen Prejean @helenprejean]

The end of the #deathpenalty can't come soon enough: https://t.co/qYFE7l4G26

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Another good read on the evolution of the #deathpenalty in the US via @Slate #Endexecutions https://t.co/ppwS6TuLob

[NCADP @ncadp]

The #DeathPenalty Is Collapsing Under The Weight Of It's Own Corruption and Cruelty https://t.co/3GmbEuI6HL @Slate @CharlesOgletree

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Good read via @nytimes: Death sentences surge, even as more countries drop #deathpenalty @UNrightswire https://t.co/KwyajiVzWW

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

#SaudiArabia: Our #HumanRights Chief #Zeid deplores the mass execution of 47 people in a single day. @EndExecutions: https://t.co/8xoJnsX4L1

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@UN Ban Ki-moon 'deeply dismayed' over executions by Saudi Arabia of 47 people, calls for calm and restraint #deathpenalty @UNrightswire

[The Guardian @guardian]

Is this really the end for America’s death penalty? | Nick Cohen https://t.co/oBvBUG76YM

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

The #deathpenalty has no place in the 21st century. Follow our flagship campaign to @EndExecutions https://t.co/m74O4BF7dA #HumanRightsDay

[United Nations @UN]

Hear about a special #HumanRightsDay event at @4FreedomsPark in NYC in this @UN_Radio story https://t.co/Js2SbRVWDc

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

There's no justice in killing in the name of justice.105 States have abolished #deathpenalty https://t.co/Lqio7SUi9h https://t.co/tF8LQQNCQ4