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Saskia Pouwels & Hanneke Minten

Netherlands

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In our poster-series we depict three victims of the death penalty. These men share a common point in their lives. At the age of 28 they were sentenced to death, or got their freedom back after spending many years on death row. By depicting their final statements and giving their words a face to the world, we create a personal feeling to the posters. We can expand this series continuously...
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Death is not justice


Our 2010 project asked for the universal abolition of the death penalty.
For us it’s simple. The death penalty is a violation of human rights. Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” How does that fit with beheading, stoning, hanging, lethally injecting or shooting someone?

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