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(pictured) has spared convicts sentenced to death in the authoritarian central Asian nation. The former Soviet state has ratified a UN treaty against capital punishment.
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed a decree abolishing the death penalty in Kazakhstan, according to a statement released by his office on Saturday.
The new law makes permanent the existing moratorium on state executions in place since 2003, introduced
In September 2020, Tokayev spoke before the UN General Assembly saying that the decision was driven to fulfill a fundamental right to life and human dignity. Last year, the oil-rich country joined the UN s International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, a multilateral treaty included in the International Bill of Human Rights.
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The first elections in the world in 2021 take place in Kazakhstan in a few days – and much is expected from them. The elections are for the Majilis, the lower chamber of the Kazakh Parliament consisting of 107 deputies who are elected for a five-year term (the upper house is the Senate of Kazakhstan, with 47 members).
The previous elections for the 107-seat Majilis were held in March 2016 and, currently, the Nur Otan party has a majority of 84 deputies in the Majilis, while the Ak Zhol and the Communist People’s party have 7 deputies each. In a departure from custom, the date falls at the end of the legislature’s five-year term.
Great-grandfather, 89, bailed after allegedly shooting man over scrapyard dispute
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An 89-year-old great-grandfather accused of gunning down a man and putting him in hospital over illegal dumping at his junkyard has been granted bail.
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The victim was shot twice after Paolo Mannici produced a handgun, the court heard
Mr Mannici was granted bail due to his age and pandemic-related court delays
Paolo Mannici, who takes more than a dozen pills a day, faced the Melbourne Magistrates Court this morning over allegations he used a Beretta handgun to shoot the man leaving scrap at his Ravenhall business.