ROME – The protest against capital punishment from 6.30pm Wednesday Nov. 30 shall gather together representatives and leaders of the ‘Cities for Life 2016’ campaign, together with the Rome-based religious community of Sant’Egidio, in illuminating the colosseum in a stand against the death penalty.

 Each year the worldwide movement gets larger and more influential, held always on Nov. 30 as it is the anniversary of when the death penalty was abolished for the first time in the grand duchy of Tuscany in 1786, 230 years ago.

 The international day ‘Cities for Life,’ “City for life, City against the death penalty” Is an initiative that over the years has captured the attention of the world and now involves various societies from across the globe in the battle for ‘life and civilization.’ In fact, the campaign is supported by 2,100 different cities and 97 countries from all continents.

 Today, from 6.30pm onwards, the concluding event shall occur which culminates in the illumination of the historic colosseum in a symbolic ‘NO’ to capital punishment ‘and all its supposed justifications.’ The aim is a universal moratorium of the ‘inhumane’ sentence.

 The evening shall be conducted by Luca Barbarossa and the president of the Sant’Egidio community, Marco Impagliazzo, together with Mario Marazziti, president of the Social Affairs Commission, and representatives of the city of Rome.

 Testimonies from death row shall be read aloud, including that of Susan Kigala, from Uganda, who was previously held on death row and now strongly and courageously supports the campaign.

 LIVE STREAMING of the event: www.santegidio.org         http://nodeathpenalty.santegidio.org/pageID/225/langID/it/Campagna.html

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