Abandoned cells in the main prison in Gao, Mali. Photo MINUSMA/Marco Dormino
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–10 October 2016 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called the death penalty a cruel and inhumane practice – one that 65 countries globally retain for terrorism-related offenses – which is the focus of this year’s World Day against the Death Penalty.
“It has no place in the 21st century,” Mr. Ban stressed in his message for the Day, commemorated annually…
