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Only men aged 18–60 at the time of the crime could be executed; women were not subject to the death penalty. [2] [3] The government has since abolished the death penalty for all crimes. [2] According to Amnesty International, Mongolia, like China, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore, practiced executions in secrecy.
Mongolia: Prime Minister of Mongolia (2014–2016) 2018: Corruption [111] Sanjaagiin Bayar Mongolia: Prime Minister of Mongolia (2007–2009) 2018: Corruption [111] Almazbek Atambayev Kyrgyzstan: President of Kyrgyzstan (2011–2017) 2018: Murder [112] Maumoon Abdul Gayoom Maldives: President of the Maldives (1978–2008) 2018: Treason [113 ...
Former Mongolian President Elbegdorj Tsakhia offers some advice to new Singaporean President Tharman Shanmugaratnam: abolish the death penalty, and your country will be better off.
The number of people executed in India since independence in 1947 is a matter of dispute; official government statistics claim that only 57 people had been executed since independence. However, available information from other sources indicates that the official government figures are false, and the actual number of executions in India may run ...
Mongolia: 2008 [131] [132] D Myanmar: 23 September 2024 [133] Maung Kaung Htet and Chan Myae Thu terrorism: hanging: A Nepal: 1979 [134] D North Korea: August 2024 [135] 20-30 party officials Corruption and dereliction of duty unknown method D Oman: 22 April 2024 [136] 3 unnamed men murder: firing squad: D Pakistan: 24 November 2019 [137 ...
In December 2015, Mongolia repealed the death penalty for all crimes. [23] India rarely executes criminals, carrying out just 30 executions since 1991. [24] India most recently executed 4 perpetrators of a gang rape and murder case in March 2020. [25] Japan sometimes executes criminals, carrying out 130 executions since 1993.
A woman in India’s southern state of Kerala has been sentenced to death for killing her boyfriend by poisoning him, becoming the youngest and only second woman in the state to be handed capital ...
The mandatory death penalty was eventually repealed in April 2023, and under the revised laws, anyone convicted of murder would face either the death sentence or a lengthy jail term ranging between 30 and 40 years, [80] and 936 out of over 1,000 people left on death row had appealed to reduce their death sentences at the Federal Court of Malaysia.