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Pakistan refuses to abolish death penalty for GSP+
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Pakistan has refused to ratify the European Union (EU) conditions including the abolition of the death penalty for the extension of a new Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) status for 2024, according to local media.
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UN welcomes Zambia's pledge to abolish death penalty
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 29 (ANI): Zambia's plan to abolish the death penalty adds to the growing global chorus against the practice, the UN Human Rights Office, OHCHR, said on Friday in welcoming the decision.
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EU calls on Syria to abolish death penalty
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], October 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union on Saturday condemned the practice of death penalty in Syria and called on Damascus to abolish the punishment.
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Kazakhstan ratifies international protocol to abolish death penalty
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], January 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has signed a law ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which entails a formal commitment to abolish the death penalty, his press service said
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