• MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk
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    1 day ago

    The headline makes it sound like the “in favour” votes were for death penalty, which is not correct. This was a vote for a moratorium - a temporary suspension - of death penalty.

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      6 hours ago

      Yeah I came here to ask about this, because Brazil voting in favor of the death penalty when it doesn’t have it did set off some alarms for me

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        10 hours ago

        yeah you could delete the labels altogether and I’d still tell you which color is which vote based on who voted.

        for future reference, if you see the US voting with the wartorn, economically devastated, despot-ruled or otherwise suffering nations, or if you see the US voting alone or with Israel, then you can bet that they voted for the worst option.

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      1 day ago

      Yes I checked my own country (Denmark) and that is green, and for Denmark it is decidedly illegal to vote for death penalty.
      So the vote was probably about making death penalty illegal.

      PS:
      AFAIK it would be against the Eu treaty to vote for death penalty for ALL EU countries.