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Yesterday, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) committee , stating in part:

The IDAHO Committee opposes categorically any form of death penalty in all circumstances and calls upon States and institutions to abolish all forms of capital punishment and instead to make every effort to ensure the right to life of all citizens, including all the men and women who are victims of assassinations, extrajudicial executions and other forms of violence and abuse, which the existence of the death penalty implicitly supports.

The 老澳门开奖结果 applauds IDAHO's strong, unequivocal statement against the death penalty in all circumstances and commends the committee for their strong stance in favor of human rights for all people. Yesterday, the for the organization:

The death penalty has been used as a tool of governments around the world to oppress the powerless and the unpopular, including LGBT people鈥�To ensure that the human rights of all people are respected, we must work together to eliminate the death penalty and to ensure that LGBT people are afforded dignity and equality, worldwide.

The 老澳门开奖结果's LGBT Project fights discrimination across a spectrum of issues, including fighting government policies that unfairly discriminate against LGBT people. In this case, IDAHO's statement spoke even more forcefully to colleagues in our Capital Punishment Project, who are dedicated to abolishing capital punishment in the United States, and in the Human Rights Program, who work to ensure that the U.S. government complies with universal human rights principles.

In an encouraging development, earlier this month, : 鈥淭o those who desire as a matter of policy to end capital punishment in the United States 鈥� and I count myself among those 鈥� I note the decision made by the government of Illinois on March 9 to abolish that state鈥檚 death penalty.鈥�

Learn more about what you can do on May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, .

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