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MONGOLIA: HISTORIC VOTE ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY

December 3, 2015: Mongolia’s parliament became the latest to consign the death penalty to the history books, in a major victory for human rights in the country.  
Lawmakers voted in favour of a new Criminal Code that abolishes the death penalty for all crimes. The new Criminal Code will take effect from September 2016.
The last execution in Mongolia was in 2008 and the death penalty remained classified as a state secret. Since then, the country has taken a series of steps towards abolition culminating in the historic parliamentary vote.
In 2010, the country’s President, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, commuted all death sentences and announced a moratorium on all executions. In 2012, Mongolia ratified an international treaty committing the country to the abolition of the death penalty.
President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj has repeatedly said Mongolia must turn its back on the death penalty in order to fully respect the right to life. He argued that the threat of executions does not have a deterrent effect and the risk of a miscarriage of justice is inherent in any system of justice. (Sources: Amnesty International, 04/12/2015)

PAKISTAN: 8 DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED IN VARIOUS CITIES
UAE: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR JOINING TERRORIST ORGANISATION
IRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED
IRAN: YOUNG MAN EXECUTED IN PUBLIC
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR WIFE OF FALLEN POLITBURO MEMBER BO XILAI
PAKISTAN: TWO DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED IN SIALKOT
PAKISTAN: ANOTHER PERSON HANGED IN FAISALABAD
EGYPT: MAN TO BE HANGED FOR RAPING 80-YEAR-OLD WOMAN TO DEATH
CHINA: MEDICAL STUDENT EXECUTED FOR POISONING
GEORGIA (USA): BRIAN KEITH TERRELL EXECUTED
GEORGIA (USA): INMATE 'WINCED' IN PAIN DURING 1-HOUR EXECUTION PROCEDURE
IRAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING
PAKISTAN: 2 DEATH CONVICTS SENT TO GALLOWS
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING BRITONS
SAUDI ARABIA: AUTHORITIES EXECUTE THREE AS ANNUAL TOLL HITS 150
IRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS
EGYPT: JIHADIST SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER POLICEMAN’S KILLING
IRAN: THREE MEN AND ONE WOMAN HANGED IN ONE DAY
MYANMAR: DOUBLE COP KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RANGOON
CHINA: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER, FRAUD AT SHANXI MINES
USA: COUNTIES WITH HIGHEST RATES OF KILLINGS BY POLICE ALSO AMONG HIGHEST IN DEATH SENTENCES
EGYPT: COURT OF CASSATION WITHDRAWS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SUPREME GUIDE, OTHERS
SUDAN: 27 TRIED ON APOSTASY CHARGE THAT MAY BRING DEATH SENTENCES
ALABAMA (USA): DONNIS MUSGROVE DIES ON DEATH ROW BEFORE FEDERAL COURT CAN DECIDE HIS INNOCENCE CLAIM
SYRIA: ISIS EXTREMISTS THROW ‘GAY COUPLE’ OFF A ROOF IN PALMYRA
PAKISTAN: FOUR TERRORISTS SENT TO GALLOWS

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