World Day Against the Death Penalty

Posted on : 2007-10-11 11:04 KST Modified on : 2019-10-19 20:29 KST

Approximately 300 human rights activists and religious leaders take part in a ceremony calling for the complete abolition of the death penalty at the Korea Press Center in Taepyung-ro, downtown Seoul, on October 10. The event was organized to mark the World Day Against the Death Penalty.

In one part of the ceremony, high school students who are members of Amnesty International Korea, raise ropes symbolizing the abolition of the death penalty. Since 1997, no executions have been carried out in South Korea and if none are carried out by the end of this year, South Korea will be classified by international organizations as a country without capital punishment.

Photo by Kang Chang-kwang /The Hankyoreh.

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