Campaigning on Two Death Sentence Miscarriages of Justice

12.00.00am GMT Fri 14th Feb 2003

Today Sarah met Mrs Navneet Kaur, wife of Professor Davinderpal Singh Bhullar who is facing the death sentence in India, and supporters from the Sikh Human Rights Group. Sarah has written urgently to the President of India pointing out that there seems to have been a grave miscarriage of justice and urging clemency while appeals are in train.

Sarah will also be taking up the case in the European Parliament and with the UN Commissioner for Human Rights.

Sarah also joined the campaign to stop the execution of Jackie Elliott in Texas, including by sending letters to Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, Prime Minister Tony Blair, the Governor of Texas and the Texas Pardons and Paroles Board.

Sadly, despite the strong case for re-examining the evidence, the execution went ahead.

Sarah then asked the president of the European Parliament to protest to the relevant US authorities, to at least try and stop such a travesty occurring again.