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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 Events02 Dec 2008 America's voters make historyThe National, United Arab Emirates - Nov 4, 2008 "Clive Stafford Smith, the director of the British legal-action charity Reprieve, points out that among the hurdles in closing a facility that holds 250 ... More01 Dec 2008 Welcome to the Reprieve Australia Online NewsletterDecember 2008 Newsletter Please click the links at the end of the article abstracts to read the full story. More21 Nov 2008 Report - Reprieve film nightOn Thursday 20 November a number of Reprieve supporters gathered for the Australian premiere of "At the Death House Door". Recently shortlisted for an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary, the film was screening as part of the Human Rights Arts and Film Festival in Melbourne. It is the moving story of Rev. Carroll Pickett who served as the death house chaplain to the Walls prison unit in... 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'. More12 Nov 2008 City elite line up projects to mark annual ProAt Herbert Smith, lawyers are invited to attend a lecture by human rights charity Reprieve on defending clients on death row and at Guantanamo Bay , while ... 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? More07 Nov 2008 Premiere Screening: At the Death House Door - 20 November @ 6:30pmFor 15 years, Rev. Carroll Pickett served as the death house chaplain to the Walls prison unit in Huntsville, Texas. He presided over 95 executions, including the first lethal injection to be administered anywhere in the world. 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. 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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