Posts Tagged ‘Douglas Young’

PNG Archbishop condemns decision to execute 13 men

Tuesday, February 4th, 2014

The Archbishop of Mt Hagen in Papua New Guinea, Douglas Young, has expressed his deep concern at PNG’s Justice Minister’s determination to execute 13 men currently on death row. After many months of public condemnation of PNG’s revived and expanded death penalty laws, Archbishop Young says Church leaders  are now looking at hosting a national and Read more

PNG Bishops say Government ignored public debate on death penalty

Friday, May 31st, 2013

Catholic Bishops have accused the PNG Government of ignoring the public debate on the death penalty and fast tracking their own agenda. Archbishop Douglas Young of Mt. Hagen said that while the Attorney General had noted that there had been widespread debate in the public forum he did not say who had won the debate. Read more