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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8612

23 December 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/philippines
Parliament urges Philippines President to review her decision to end moratorium on the death penalty

Strasbourg, 22/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - In a resolution adopted in Strasbourg last week, the EP urges the President of the Philippines, Arroyo, to review her decision that on 1 January 2004 the moratorium on the death penalty established by her predecessor Estrada in March 2000 shall come to an end. The European Parliament recalls that a thousand prisoners are currently held on death row in Filipino prisons President Arroyo's decision follows a huge number of kidnappings in the Philippines,...

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