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Death penalty moratorium: India votes no as UN draft passes 133 to 33

Death penalty moratorium: India voted no at a UN committee, yet the draft passed 133 to 33. What India said on capital punishment.

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UN General Assembly Hall in New York, file photo, as India votes on death penalty moratorium

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