Belgrade Supports Capital Punishment!
Belgrade took part in the
Cities for Life, Cities against the Death Penalty Day on three previous occasions: in
2007,
2012 and
2013. This year it will not do so.
Serbia against Capital Punishment invited the city authorities to light a monument on 30 November this year, but the city declined.
Many Belgraders wish for the universal abolition of the death penalty and oppose its reintroduction in Serbia. Serbian Constitution prohibits capital punishment, as do several international treaties which Serbia has ratified. Belgrade authorities seem to disagree!
On behalf of all Belgraders who believe that the death penalty is a barbarian punishment and that the human right to life is inherent and inalienable, we regret and condemn the decision of city authorities to abstain from the Cities for Life festivity this year.
You can join our protest by liking
this facebook status.
Ivan Jankovi -
Belgrade for the death penalty?