Kazakhstan Plans Moratorium on the Death Penalty
Kazakhstan Plans Moratorium on the Death Penalty
Author(s): Rashid DyussembayevSubject(s): Politics
Published by: Transitions Online
Keywords: Kazakhstan; post-Soviet countries; Onalsyn Zhumabekov; Kazakh government; Igor Rogov; Kazakhstan news agency
Summary/Abstract: Kazakhstan, one of the post-Soviet countries that used the death sentence most frequently in the 1990s, has said it is drafting a bill that would replace capital punishment with life imprisonment.
Journal: Transitions Online
- Issue Year: 2003
- Issue No: 08/25
- Page Range: On Line
- Page Count: 1
- Language: English
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