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Belarusian musicians against death penalty
In early October well-known Belarusian musicians, including Liavon Volski, Hanna Khitryk, Dzmitry Vaitsiushkevich and others, will present a new joint project “Aposhni Zolak” (“Last Dawn”). Czytaj więcej…
The second part of the film “Six Arguments against Death Penalty” by film producer Viktar Tratsiakou has appeared on the web recently.
The second part of the film “Six Arguments against Death Penalty” by film producer Viktar Tratsiakou has appeared on the web recently. Czytaj więcej…
Minsk band Crowblack dedicates a song to innocent death convicts
The Minsk band Crowblack presented on Ultra -Music its song «Burning Cage of Justice». The song tells the story of innocent persons sentenced to death. Czytaj więcej…
Mother of a death convict applies to the head of the Belarusian Orthodox Church
Tamara Siliun calls on Filaret to apply to President Lukashenka with a clemency petition and a request to abolish the death sentence towards her son. Czytaj więcej…
Cassation appeal of Homel citizen convicted to death to be considered on 18 October
The consideration of the cassation appeal of the death convict Aliaksandr Hrunou will take place at the panel of judges on criminal cases of the Supreme Court on 18 October 2013. Czytaj więcej…
Court does not satisfy appeal lodged by Kavalyou’s relatives
Minsk City Court has refused to satisfy the appeal lodged by Uladzislau Kavalyou’s mother and sister. Czytaj więcej…
Flash mob against death penalty in Zurich
Zurich activists of Amnesty International staged on Saturday a flash mob against the death penalty in Belarus. In one of the main streets of the Swiss city the activists and human rights defenders placed dozens of symbolic tombstones with inscriptions about the death penalty in Belarus and the recent death verdict for Ryhor Yuzepchuk. Czytaj więcej…
Film "Six Arguments against the Death Penalty" presented online
The first film in the series "Six Arguments against the Death Penalty" appeared on the Internet today. Human rights activists and public figures, defendants and their families stress the shortcomings of the judicial system, the existence of torture in Belarusian prisons, lack of preventive effect of the death penalty. They call on the government to abandon capital punishment. Czytaj więcej…
Valiantsin Stefanovich. Ryhor Yuzepchuk’s “secrets of investigation”
As it became known, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus rejected the appeal of Ryhor Yuzepchuk, an inmate of Mahiliou prison sentenced to death earlier this year. The verdict handed down on Yuzepchuk by the Mahiliou Regional Court for the murder of his cellmate finally entered into force. Czytaj więcej…
Mother and sister of Uladzislau Kavaliou urge court to disclose place of burial
Liubou Kavaliova and Tatsiana Kaziar, mother and sister of Uladzislau Kavaliou sentenced to death and executed on March 15, 2012 on charges of plotting and committing a terrorist attack on Minsk subway, addressed the court of Kastrychnitski district with a complaint about the illegal actions of the Department of Corrections, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Security Committee. Czytaj więcej…
Supreme Court confirms death verdict to Ryhor Yuzepchuk
In July 2012, two inmates held at Mahiliou prison murdered their cellmate. The guilty verdict came on April 25, 2013 at Mahiliou Regional Court. One of the prisoners, Ryhor Yuzepchuk, was sentenced to capital punishment. The sentence was later appealed to the Supreme Court. Czytaj więcej…
BHC petitions Supreme Court with opinion on case of death convict Ryhor Yuzepchuk
In July 2012, two inmates killed a cellmate in a prison in Mahiliou. The verdict in the case was handed down to them on April 25, 2013 by Mahiliou Regional Court. One of the prisoners, Ryhor Yuzepchuk, was sentenced to death. The appeal in the case is now subject to review by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus. Czytaj więcej…
Homel human rights defenders help prepare complaint to UN Human Rights Committee for death convict
Human rights defender Leanid Sudalenka met the mother of a Homel resident, Aliaksandr Hrunou, who was sentenced to death for the murder of a 25-year-old student. The lawyer discussed the question of exhaustion of all domestic remedies for an individual complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee. Czytaj więcej…
South American activists campaign against death penalty in Belarus
An office of the human rights organization Amnesty International in Paraguay launched a regional campaign against the secrecy that accompanies the death penalty in Belarus, while calling on the Belarusian President Lukashenka to amend Article 175 of the Criminal Executive Code. Czytaj więcej…
Two Belarusian MPs to discuss death penalty issue during meeting of PACE’s committee in Strasbourg
Two members of the House of Representatives will participate in a meeting of PACE’s Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy that will take place in Strasbourg on Thursday and deal with the issue of the abolition of the death penalty in Belarus, among others. Czytaj więcej…
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