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International organizations campaign for death penalty ban in Central Asia
International organizations are holding a campaign for abolition of the
death penalty in Central Asia, International Helsinki Federation for Human
Rights project coordinator Natalia Lazareva said at a Monday roundtable.
"Some problems have not been resolved, as a moratorium does not mean the
abolition of the death penalty," she said.
The federation launched the 2-year project last December "to give more
information to citizens and discuss human rights aspects of the death
penalty," Lazareva said.
The project is under way in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and
Uzbekistan, she said.
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have a death penalty moratorium.
Uzbekistan will abolish the death penalty by a presidential decree on
January 1, 2008. Turkmenistan abolished the death penalty in 1999.
(source: Interfax)
International organizations are holding a campaign for abolition of the
death penalty in Central Asia, International Helsinki Federation for Human
Rights project coordinator Natalia Lazareva said at a Monday roundtable.
"Some problems have not been resolved, as a moratorium does not mean the
abolition of the death penalty," she said.
The federation launched the 2-year project last December "to give more
information to citizens and discuss human rights aspects of the death
penalty," Lazareva said.
The project is under way in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and
Uzbekistan, she said.
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have a death penalty moratorium.
Uzbekistan will abolish the death penalty by a presidential decree on
January 1, 2008. Turkmenistan abolished the death penalty in 1999.
(source: Interfax)