President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev
Noor Sultan … News Time
Kazakhstan has abolished the death penalty. In the Central Asian country, no executions have been carried out in almost two decades. According to media reports, the abolition of the death penalty was announced on the presidential website. According to the statement, President Qasim-Zhomart Toqaev has signed the ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by Parliament. The signatories to the treaty agree to abolish the death penalty. Kazakhstan has not carried out executions since 2003. However, the courts were sentencing the accused to death in exceptional circumstances. The suspects include those involved in terrorism.
Ruslan Kulikbaev shot and killed eight police officers in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, in 2016. The accused was also sentenced to death and was awaiting execution when the ban on executions was lifted. Ruslan Kulikbaev’s death sentence will no longer be carried out, but he will remain in prison for life.
