Kyrgyzstan: Further information on fear of imminent execution: Nikolai Sokolov

Index Number: EUR 58/009/1996
Date Published: 9 October 1996
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan

No final decision has yet been made on the case of Nikolai Sokolov. Although it is reported that the Clemency Commission has already decided against recommending clemency, the possibility remains that President Askat Akayev may exercise his constitutional authority to commute the sentence.