Death Penalty
3 March 2002
The EHF is opposed to the use of the death penalty. It issued the following statement on 3 March 2002, partly in reaction to the death sentence for blasphemy passed on Dr Younis Shaikh in Pakistan. Dr Shaikh and Safyia Yakubu Hussaini were later reprieved, mainly as a result of international pressure. The Board of the European Humanist Federation, meeting in Brussels, on 3 March 2002 : has noted that on numerous occasions, severe corporal… read more »