[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

[Rick Halperin]

March 20



SOUTH SUDAN:

Urgent Action

TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING

James Gatdet and William Endley, who had both been arbitrarily detained at the 
National Security Services (NSS) headquarters in Juba, were convicted and 
sentenced to death by a High Court in Juba on 12 February and 23 February, 
respectively. They are appealing their sentences.

Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:

* Calling on them to quash the convictions and death sentences of the two men 
and ensure that they are granted a retrial that will be in line with 
international standards for a fair trial and without recourse to the death 
penalty;

* Calling on them establish an official moratorium on executions with a view to 
abolishing the death penalty for all crimes;

* Calling on them to initiate prompt, effective, independent and impartial 
investigations into NSS detention practices, including enforced disappearances, 
deaths in custody, torture and other ill-treatment, to publicly disclose the 
findings, and to hold suspected perpetrators accountable in fair trials without 
recourse to the death penalty.

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forwarding this one!

Contact these two officials by 1 May 2018:

President of the Republic of South Sudan

Salva Kiir Mayardit

Twitter: @RepSouthSudan

Salutation: Your Excellency

Ambassador Garang Diing Akuong, Embassy of the Republic of South Sudan

1015 31st Street NW Suite 300

Washington, DC 20007

Phone: 202 293 7940 I Fax: 202 293 7941

Contact form: http://www.southsudanembassyusa.org/contact/

Facebook: https://goo.gl/wiw3oV

Salutation: Dear Ambassador

(source: Amnesty International USA)