Nationwide vigil dates: Nguyen Tuong Van
These are nationwide vigil dates from Amnesty, please promote them.
Amnesty International's Anti-Death Penalty Campaign to save Van Tuong Nguyen from execution.
Details of our vigils for this week are:
On the eve of the scheduled execution, Thursday 1 December, Australians
can show their support for Van and express their opposition to the death
penalty by attending Candles of Hope vigils in other capital cities and
towns including:
Sydney 6.30 pm, Martin Place, vigil with speaker, Tim
Goodwin
Adelaide 7.30pm, Victoria Square, vigil and speakers
Melbourne 7.30pm, Federation Square - silent candlelit walk
to Queen Victoria Gardens
Perth 8.00pm, Wesley Methodist Church, Cnr Hay and
William Street, all night silent vigil to conclude
with a minute’s silence at 6.00 am
Brisbane 6.15pm, Queen Street mall
Vigils will also be held in Warwick, Rockhampton
and Townsville
Hobart Details to be confirmed www.amnesty.org,au
Darwin Details to be confirmed. Contact NAPNT on 0415 16 2525.
1 Comments:
Not enough people are aware that even those who don't traffic drugs are taking a big chance visiting Singapore. Drug smugglers often bribe baggage officials to let them stash their drugs in some poor unsuspecting person's luggage, with plans of someone in Singapore collecting the luggage *after* it has cleared customs. Since Singapore's judicial system puts the defendent at burden of proving innocence, someone caught with drugs in their bags is at great risk of getting hanged, even if they are not drug smugglers. There have been several cases where people ultimately hanged did not appear to be actual drug smugglers. In one case, a couple traveling with their kid was caught, and eventually the couple was hanged despite pleas that the drugs were planted. I remember reading that the couple had to contact family members to arrange foster care for their kid.
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