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    Breakaway Abkhazia to reintroduce the death penalty for drug crime from 2020

    By | April 5th, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

    An unidentified prison in Abkhazia. (Ekhokavkaza.) TBILISI, DFWatch--Breakaway authorities in Abkhazia plan to lift its moratorium on capital punishment in 2020 as tougher sentences are brought in against drug crime. The de facto parliament of breakaway Abkhazia has adopted a new law which imposes tougher punishments for selling large quantities of drugs, including life [...]

      Abkhazia steps up fight against drug crimes with draconian measures

      By | July 28th, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: , |

      TBILISI, DFWatch–Sokhumi responds to the mass outcry over the growing problem of drug addiction by introducing draconian new measures, including capital punishment. Abkhazia’s de facto parliament has adopted […]