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From: Ina Iankulova (iiankulova@sorosny.org)
Date: Wed Apr 23 2003 - 12:58:10 EDT
COUNCIL OF EUROPE URGES 'COMPLETE ABOLITION' OF DEATH PENALTY IN ARMENIA
Council of Europe Secretary-General Walter Schwimmer has greeted the Armenian parliament's partial abolition of the death penalty as a move toward fulfilling that country's commitments to the Council of Europe, according to a 22 April press release. At the same time, Schwimmer urged Armenian legislators "to lift, as soon as possible, the last restrictions to allow the complete abolition of this unacceptable punishment." On 18 April, the Armenian parliament approved a new Criminal Code that abolishes capital punishment in peace time but contains a special provision that would allow for the death penalty to be handed down to the five gunmen currently on trial for the killing of eight senior officials in the Armenian parliament in 1999 (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 22 April 2003). LF
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