PRESS RELEASE
Anti death penalty campaigners urge the National Peoples’ Congress to take concrete measures to abolish the death penalty in China
Embargo date: Midnight GMT
27 February 2008
The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty (WCADP) and Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) are publicising today an Open Letter to the China National People’s Congress (NPC) which will be meeting on 5-16 March 2008.
The Open Letter calls for the Chinese legislators to take concrete measures towards the abolition of the death penalty in China.