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Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz President Seeks To Abolish Death Penalty

President Bakiev (file photo)

President Bakiev (file photo)

13 October 2005 -- Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev today called for constitutional amendments that would ban the death penalty.

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October 13, 2005

Bakiev made his remarks while speaking to members of the Constitutional Council in Bishkek. Kyrgyzstan has been planning to ban executions, and has already placed a moratorium on the practice.

Kyrgyzstan's Constitutional Council is supposed to have finished draft amendments to the constitution by the end of this year.

(BBC Monitoring/AP)

For more news about events in Kyrgyzstan, see RFE/RL's webpage News and Features on Kyrgyzstan

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