Turkmenistan abolished the death penalty on 28 December 1999, following the moratorium introduced that January.[1] The moratorium had already barred courts from imposing death and covered existing death sentences.[2] The change ended a punishment that had been used for drug trafficking: Amnesty International reported 123 such executions in 1996.[3]
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References
- Turkmenistan Ombudsman — report for 2017Printed page 11: January moratorium and abolition of death penalty on 28 December 1999
- Turkmenistan Parliament — application of the death-penalty moratoriumLaw of 6 January 1999, paragraphs 1–4; courts barred from imposing death from 1 January 1999
- Amnesty International — Report 1997, TurkmenistanSection reviewing 1996: reports of 123 executions for drug trafficking; no official execution statistics published
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