Yesterday, International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy co-founder, Rick Lines, was a guest on the BBC World Service programme, 'World Have Your Say'. The English language BBC World Service reaches an international audience of more than 40 million people. The hour long international call in programme addressed the question of whether drug traffickers should face the death penalty, this in the wake of the execution earlier this week of UK citizen Akmal Shaikh in China.
Death penalty for drug offences debated on BBC World Service
Publication date: 30 December 2009