May 11 UZBEKISTAN: No executions in Uzbekistan since 2005 - minister Not a single person sentenced to death has been executed in Uzbekistan since 2005, Justice Minister Fozilzhon Otakhonov told Interfax on Friday. "Not a single death sentence has been put into practice since a law abolishing the death penalty was adopted [on August 1, 2005]. It was proposed by the president of the Republic of Uzbekistan," he said. The law "is governed by all generally accepted principles and standards of international law and constitutional provisions that proclaim and guarantee every person's right to life," he added. The document is aimed at abolishing the death penalty as a form of punishment altogether starting from January 1, 2008, and replacing it by life imprisonment or long-term prison sentences, Otakhonov said. Only 2 crimes - premeditated murder committed under aggravating circumstances and terrorism - carry a death sentence in Uzbekistan today, the minister said. "Legislation bans the application of this kind of punishment to underage children, women and persons above 60 years old, regardless of the gravity of their crime," he said. (source: Interfax) TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: PNM backs death penalty PNM PRO Jerry Narace yesterday raised the scenario of the ruling party campaigning in the upcoming general elections of a pro-hanging platform as he issued a statement in support of Prime Minister Patrick Manning's recent claim that hanging could only be resumed in TT when the Privy Council as this countrys highest appellate court. Hitting the Opposition UNC and COP for criticising Manning, Narace said: "It is no wonder that the people of Trinidad and Tobago are poised, ready and waiting to give the PNM a mandate that will allow it to fully express the will of the people." Narace said that the death penalty was both the current law of the land and a measure which opinion polls have shown enjoy the overwhelming public support. Narace said it is well known that the Privy Council backs the abolitionist stance British Government and European Union. He said the Privy Council in its several rulings has placed several strictures on regional governments so as to make it extremely difficult to implement the lawful penalty for murder. "The PNM believes that as an independent Republic, its policy on the death penalty should be determined by the people of Trinidad and Tobago and not by British Government, the European Union, the House of Lords or the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council." (source: Newsday)
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Rick Halperin Fri, 11 May 2007 15:39:05 -0500 (Central Daylight Time)
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