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“NO” to death penalty” campaign supported in Simferopol
Simferopol schoolchildren supported the campaign against the use of the death penalty in Belarus. Within the framework of the mobile exhibition “Everyone has the right to know their rights” held in Simferopol at the end of October they signed postcards addressed to Aliaksand Lukashenka with the demand to introduce a moratorium on the death penalty with the subsequent abolition of this kind of punishment. Read more…
Documentary on death penalty presented in Mahiliou and Homel
The human rights documentary “Departed on Sentence” was presented by activists of the “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty” on 26 October in Mahiliou. Read more…
Prosecutors find no illegalities in KGB's refusal to give Kavalyow's jail notes to mother
The Prosecutor General's Office has found no illegalities in the decision by the Committee for State Security (KGB) not to give Uladzislaw Kavalyow's jail notes to his mother. Read more…
“Departed on Sentence” documentary screened in Mazyr
A documentary entitled “Departed on Sentence” that was created by Viktar Tratsiakou and Palina Stsepanenka and deals with the issue of the death penalty was presented on Sunday in the southern town of Mazyr, Homel region. Read more…
Berlin activists say NO to death penalty in Belarus
An action against the death penalty in Belarus was held in Berlin on the World Day against the Death Penalty, 10 October. Read more…
“No to the Death Penalty!” in Mahiliou
An awareness-raising action against the death penalty was held in Mahiliou. The event was expected to be held on the eve of the World Day against the Death Penalty, 10 October. However, the volunteers who distributed stickers and posters of the “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty” campaign were detained by the police. Read more…
Minsk: human rights defenders show “Departed on Sentence”
On 10 October, marking the World Day against the Death Penalty, Belarusian human rights defenders held the first run of the documentary “Departed on Sentence”. Read more…
Baranavichy human rights activists hold street action on World Day against the Death Penalty
On 10 October the Baranavichy human rights defenders and civil activists marked the World Day against the Death Penalty. Read more…
"Cause of Death __" documentary shown in Mahiliou
The showing, organized by the local human rights defenders, wasdated to the World Day against the Death Penalty, 10 October. Read more…
Streamers “NO to Death Penalty” appeared in the center of Minsk
Youth activists hanged out the banners to mark the World Day against the Death Penalty and draw the public attention to the problem of the ongoing use of this kind of punishment. Read more…
Today is the World Day against the Death Penalty
The idea to mark the Day against the Death Penalty belongs to the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, which includes about 40 human rights organizations, including “Amnesty International”, as well as bar associations, unions and local governments from all over the world. In September 2007 the Board of Ministers of the European Council decided to mark the European Day against the Death Penalty within the framework of the World Day, as far as Europe is a space which has been factually free from the death penalty since 1997. Read more…
Mahiliou: volunteers detained for stickers against death penalty
Several volunteers were detained for distributing stickers on 8 October, on the eve of the World Day Against the Death Penalty, 10 October. Read more…
EU Ambassadors present a démarche to Foreign Ministry of Belarus to mark World Day Against the Death Penalty
On 2 October, to mark the World Day Against the Death Penalty (10 October), the Ambassador of Latvia to Belarus, together with the Ambassadors of France and Italy in Belarus and representatives from the European Union Delegation in Minsk presented a démarche to the Foreign Ministry of Belarus to repeatedly draw attention of Belarusian authorities to the issue of abolishing capital punishment in Belarus. Read more…
Mother of executed death convict Uladzislau Kavaliou files review appeal to Supreme Court
Liubou Kavaliova demands the reversal of the death sentence according to which Uladzislau Kavaliou and Dzmitry Kanavalau were executed on charges in committing a terrorist act in the Minsk metro on 11 April 2012. Read more…
Mother of executed terrorist keeps demanding to regain son’s prison notes
Mrs. Liubou Kavaliova, mother of Uladzislau Kavaliou executed for plotting a blast in Minsk metro in April 2011, keeps demanding to return her son’s prison notes. Read more…
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