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Title	Kazakhstan: Information on whether article 50 of the penal code, which stipulates the death penalty for treason during peacetime, has been in force from 1 March 1997 or whether it has been abrogated
Publisher	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Country	Kazakhstan
Publication Date	1 June 1997
Citation / Document Symbol	KKT27094.E
Cite as	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Kazakhstan: Information on whether article 50 of the penal code, which stipulates the death penalty for treason during peacetime, has been in force from 1 March 1997 or whether it has been abrogated, 1 June 1997, KKT27094.E, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3ae6aab74.html [accessed 30 May 2012]
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Kazakhstan: Information on whether article 50 of the penal code, which stipulates the death penalty for treason during peacetime, has been in force from 1 March 1997 or whether it has been abrogated

Information on the above-mentioned topic could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB. However, for information on a draft criminal code of late February 1997 and on those who are subject to the death penalty under its provisions, please consult the third page of the 26 February 1997 Kazakhstanskaya Pravda attachment, the 25 February 1997 Itar-Tass attachment and the 27 February 1997 Open Media Research Institute (OMRI) Daily Digest attachment.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Attachments

ITAR-TASS. 25 February 1997. Yevgeny Naiko. "Kazakhstan Finalizes Draft Criminal Code." (NEXIS)

Kazakhstanskaya Pravda [Almaty, in Russian]. 26 February 1997. "Presidential Aide on Draft Criminal Code." (FBIS-SOV-97-042 26 Feb. 1997/WNC)

Open Media Research Institute (OMRI) Daily Digest [Prague]. 27 February 1997. Part 1, No. 41. Lowell Bezanis. "Presidential Adviser Asylbek Beysenbayev ...." (Internet mailing list: LISTSERV@ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU)

Additional Sources Consulted

CSCE Digest [Washington]. Monthly.

Death Penalty News [London]. Irregular.

DIRB country file on Kazakhstan.

DIRB databases.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Reports.

News from Helsinki Watch [New York]. Monthly.

On-line search of media sources.

Four oral sources contacted did not provide information on the requested topic.

Unsuccessful attempts to contact other oral sources.

Topics: Death penalty,

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