President Emomali Rakhmonov of Tajikistan is expected to sign a bill...

President Emomali Rakhmonov of Tajikistan is expected to sign a bill, to introduce life imprisonment as an alternative to the death penalty for men between 18 and 63 years of age, within the next three weeks, officials at the secretariat of Majlisi Milli, the upper house of national parliament said. The parliament endorsed the bill on February 11. 
Tajik Constitution says the document should now be submitted to the president for signing within a week, and the president is to sign it within 15 days after the date of or return it back to parliament with comments and notes. Makham Mahmadov, the chairman of the parliamentary committee for constitutional freedoms and rights of man, said the bill introduce life imprisonment as an alternative to the death penalty for men between 18 and 63 years of age.