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Italy Asks For Global Ban On Death Penalty
Italy is planning to ask the United Nations for a global ban on the death penalty. As reported by David Willey of the BBC, Prime Minister Romano Prodi has said that no crime can justify one person killing another.
The views of the Italian Prime Minister are in response to the widely circulated cell phone pictures of the execution of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
This week Italy took one of the 10 non-permanent Security Council seats at the United Nations. The Italian UN ambassador has asked the UN General Assembly to review a document that was presented for debate last month.
The Italian position against the death penalty is not new. Italy presented proposals at the UN assembly to ban the death penalty in both 1994 and 1995.
Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi expressed his disgust at the execution of Saddam Hussein calling it a political and historic error. The Italian press has condemned the press leaks and videos of the former dictators hanging. The Vatican daily, L'Osservatore Romano, said the transformation of the final moments of Saddam Hussein's life into a public spectacle was a violation of a fundamental human right.
The Iraqi government responded to the outcry in Italy saying Italy has no right to criticize Saddam Hussein's execution when, at the end of World War II, the fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini, was killed by partisans and left hanging by his feet in a public square in Milan.
Mussolini's granddaughter, Alessandra, a right-wing MP said she found the killing of Saddam Hussein disgusting and shameful
Posted by Jackie on January 3, 2007
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