Rome (Fides Service) - The first world day against the death penalty will be held tomorrow November 30, organised by S. Egidio Community in Rome with all the major NGOs working to eliminate capital punishment all over the world. For the event activists in 60 countries have organised the simultaneous illumination of an important city building, in Rome the Colosseum. The cities which have adhered include Barcelona, Brussels, Grenoble, Lyons, Vienna. Copenhagen, Antwerp, Gand Bruges, Geneva, Dublin, Santiago de Chile and New York. In the New York the City Hall will be illuminated by the mayor. According to S. Egidio, an international campaign against the death penalty, started in 1998, has collected some 4,487,895 signatures, and 111 countries where crime was punished with execution, have suppressed capital punishment. The death penalty still exists in 86 countries. See interview with Mario Marazziti of S. Egidio and more. (Fides Service 29/11/2002)