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The Malaysian government has stated it intends to abolish the death penalty in a move that has been welcomed by human rights campaigners. Malaysia’s Law Minister said: «The death penalty will be abolished. Full stop.» He added: «Since we are abolishing the sentence, all executions should not be carried out.» There are currently over 1,267 people on death row in Malaysia who are set to win a reprieve. The law minister said prisoners on death row would be released or have their sentences commuted. He said: «When commuted, they would have to face life imprisonment because there had been several deaths that were caused by the offender and so they were sentenced to death.»

Malaysia’s decision was hailed by Amnesty International. Its Secretary General Kumi Naidoo said: «Malaysia must now join the 106 countries who have turned their backs for good on the ultimate cruel, inhumane, degrading punishment. The world is watching.» Mr Naidoo added: «There is no time to waste. The death penalty should have been consigned to the history books long ago. Malaysia’s new government has promised to deliver on human rights, and today’s announcement is an encouraging sign, but much more needs to be done.» There are still 23 countries that retain the death penalty. According to Amnesty International, there were 993 executions recorded worldwide in 2017.

Правительство Малайзии заявило, что намерено отменить смертную казнь. Такое решение было одобрено борцами за права человека. Министр юстиции Малайзии говорил: «Смертная казнь будет отменена. И это решение окончательное». Он добавил: «Так как мы отменяем приговор, не следует приводить в исполнение все казни». В настоящее время в камерах смертников в Малайзии находятся более 1267 человек, к которым возможна будет применена отсрочка наказания. Министр заявил, что наказания приговоренных к смертной казни будут смягчены. Он сказал: «При замене к ним будет применено пожизненное заключение, потому что по вине преступника погибло несколько человек, и поэтому они были приговорены к смертной казни».

Решение Малайзии было одобрено Amnesty International. Генеральный секретарь Куми Найду заявил: «Малайзия теперь должна присоединиться к 106 странам, навсегда отказавшимся от жестокого, бесчеловечного и унижающего достоинство наказания. Мир наблюдает». Господин Найду добавил: «Нельзя терять время. Смертную казнь давно следовало бы отменить. Новое правительство Малайзии пообещало обеспечить соблюдение прав человека, и сегодняшнее объявление является обнадеживающим знаком, но необходимо сделать гораздо больше». Смертная казнь по-прежнему имеется в 23 странах. По данным Amnesty International, в 2017 году во всем мире было приведено в исполнение 993 смертных приговора.

2. Answer the questions

TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if 1-8 below are true (T) or false (F).

1. Human rights campaigners have hailed Malaysia’s decision. T / F
2. There are over one thousand prisoners on death row in Malaysia. T / F
3. Prisoners on death row will now have to serve life sentences. T / F
4. The prisoners on death row have killed thousands of people. T / F
5. Fewer than 106 countries have abolished the death penalty. T / F
6. Amnesty International said this issue should be in a history book. T / F
7. There are 23 countries that still have the death penalty. T / F
8. Amnesty International said there were over 1,000 executions in 2017. T / F

3. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

1. intend F
2. move I
3. abolishing A
4. released C
5. degrading G
6. for good D
7. offender J
8. consigned E
9. encouraging B
10. worldwide H

1. scrapping
2. heartening
3. set free
4. forever
5. put
6. plan
7. humiliating
8. globally
9. action
10. lawbreake

4. Write about death penalty for 10 minutes.

When it comes to the argument on capital punishment, it can be found out, that a lot of citizens, experts, politics, actors and other seriously thinking people have a stressed bright opinion on this theme. It can be as positive to death penalty, so negative.

Proponents of offender punishment with death often point out, that heavy guilt, for instance, in murder, should be payed according to “an eye for an eye” principle. There is no equivalent, even life custodial sentence, to the crime committed by such criminal. Furthermore, they show, that the price of felon be killed is much lower, than whole-life imprisonment. And the next argument, added to pros, is that victim family will feel relieved, when the outlaw dyes.

On the other side, opponents remind us of a great price of human life. Any mistake in such difficult decision as capital punishment verdict can lead to not guilty is dead. They also continue, that those who has less money can suffer from bad attorney or even his absence, as far as citizens of not-white color may find no excuse and be punished more strictly. It is, undoubtedly, dangerous, as opponents say, to give such instrument as death penalty in Government hands. It can lead to political murders with no guilt of accused at all.

Resuming all points of expert views, it should be said, that nowadays the capital punishment is forbidden in the majority of democratic countries, and the proponents are in the minority. I think, that as no one is sure in somebody’s guilt, no one can take life from any accused, though sometimes temptation is high.

5. Comprehension questions
6. Who has welcomed the Malaysian government’s decision? Malaysia’s decision was hailed by Amnesty International.
7. Who said the death penalty would be abolished, «full stop». Malaysia’s Law Minister said: «The death penalty will be abolished. Full stop.»
8. How many people are on death row in Malaysia? There are currently over 1,267 people on death row in Malaysia who are set to win a reprieve.
9. What are people on death row set to win? The law minister said prisoners on death row would be released or have their sentences commuted.
10. What sentence will the death penalty be reduced to? When commuted, they would have to face life imprisonment because there had been several deaths that were caused by the offender and so they were sentenced to death.
11. How many countries have abolished the death penalty? Malaysia must now join the 106 countries who have turned their backs for good on the ultimate cruel, inhumane, degrading punishment.
12. How many people did Amnesty International say were executed last year? According to Amnesty International, there were 993 executions recorded worldwide in 2017.

6.Translate

1. Целями трудового законодательства являются установление государственных гарантий трудовых прав и свобод граждан, создание благоприятных условий труда, защита прав и интересов работников и работодателей.
2. Указы Президента Российской Федерации, содержащие нормы трудового права, не должны противоречить настоящему Кодексу и иным федеральным законам.
3. Смертная казнь считается одним из наиболее древних видов наказания.
4. Правительство отменило смертную казнь.
5. К этому периоду смертная казнь будет отменена.
6. В современном мире практикуются такие виды смертной казни как повешение, смертельная инъекция, электрический стул и др.

1. The aims of labor legislation are to establish state guarantees of labor rights and freedoms of citizens, to create favorable working conditions, to protect the rights and interests of employees and employers.
2. The decrees of the President of the Russian Federation containing labor law norms must not contradict this Code and other federal laws.
3. The death penalty is considered one of the most ancient forms of punishment.
4. The government abolished death penalty.
5. By this time the death penalty will have been abolished.
6. In the modern world, there are such types of the death penalty as hanging, lethal injection, electric chair, etc.