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Friday, October 11, 2002

Diane LionFaith Focus: Buddhism
Listen to an interview with Diana Lion, Director of the Prison Project and a member of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. Diana started doing Buddhist practice in 1974 in Canada. She has been an activist since 1969, addressing women's, labour, prison, and other human rights issues. When she encountered the Buddhist Peace Fellowship in 1992, she was able to learn how other Buddhist practitioners engage in combining activism with spiritual values, such as compassion, interconnectedness, and insight.
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Issue Focus: Executing Juveniles
An almost universal prohibition exists on the execution of persons who were under the age of 18 at the time of the crime.
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