June 14, 2013 the Homieĺ Regional Court sentenced Aliaksandr Hrunovu to the exceptional measure of punishment – execution by shooting.
Sentenced to death on July 17, 2009 by the Minsk Regional Court.
Sentenced to death by the Hrodna Regional Court on May 14, 2010.
Was sentenced to death by the Brest Regional Court on June 29, 2009.
Sentenced to death by the Mahilioŭ Regional Court on April 23, 2013.
Belarus is the last country in Europe to apply the death penalty. It often does so in secret.
When the guards come, these inmates never know if it is for the last time. On death row in Belarus, the only country in Europe that still uses the death penalty, they are never told when they will be executed. And when it happens, it is all kept as a state secret.
On April 18, Minsk hosted a round table entitled “Legal aspects of the abolition of the death penalty in Belarus”. The event was organized by the Council of Europe and involved members of the Belarusian Parliament’s lower chamber and representatives of NGOs, including the Human Rights Center “Viasna”.