The chairman of the Tajik Supreme Court, Salimboy Fathilloyev,...

The chairman of the Tajik Supreme Court, Salimboy Fathilloyev, said that imposing a moratorium on the death penalty under the current conditions in Tajikistan was practically impossible.
"At the moment, Tajikistan's Criminal Code defines the death penalty as an exceptional punishment," Fathilloyev told Asia-Plus in an interview.
"The government's far-sighted policy has brought peace and calm to a country that was faced with the consequences of civil war. However, court statistics indicate that for the time being the number of serious crimes is decreasing slowly. This means a recurrence of murder, robbery and hostage taking.
We do not, therefore, have the moral right to abolish, or impose a moratorium on, the death penalty," Fathilloyev said.