While Amnesty International publishes a new report on the subject on Tuesday May 24, franceinfo junior returns to the countries applying the death penalty. To answer the questions of two children: Anne Denis, head of the “Death penalty, torture and health” commission within the organization.
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The organization Amnesty International publishes this Tuesday, May 24, the death sentences and executions in 2021. To talk about it in franceinfo junior, the program turns the microphone to Anne Denis, head of the “Death penalty, torture and health” commission within the organization. She responds to Jonathan and Raphaël, 15 and 12 years old.
Today we publish our annual report on the death penalty in the world.
Bad news: executions have increased compared to 2020 in particular because of Saudi Arabia and Iran.https://t.co/MohYBScmns
— Amnesty International France (@amnestyfrance) May 24, 2022
“In which country do we practice the death penalty?” Jonathan first asks at the show’s microphone. Raphaël wonders about the first countries to have abolished the death penalty. “Why is there no longer a death penalty in France? Who abolished the death penalty in France?” Jonathan continues. He also wants to know if the “totalitarian countries” all apply this type of condemnation.
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