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Rights activist asks Lukashenka to say how many death sentences he commuted
Brest-based human rights defender Raman Kislyak has petitioned Alyaksandr Lukashenka to make public information about how many people sentenced to execution have been spared death by him since his election as president in 1994. Czytaj więcej…
Liubou Kavaliova declared "Person of the year 2012 in Vitsebsk"
Liubou Kavaliova, the mother of the executed death convict Uladzislau Kavaliou (found guilty of the 11 April terrorist act together withDzimitry Kanavalau), still continues struggling for the good name of her son. Czytaj więcej…
UN Human Rights Committee expects measures taken in Kavaliou’s case
Mrs. Liubou Kavaliova, the mother of Uladzislau Kavaliou executed in March 2012, received a communication from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights saying that the UN officials are expecting information from the Belarusian government on measures taken to implement the Human Rights Committee’s decision in her son’s case. The information should be submitted by July 3, 2013. Czytaj więcej…
Constitutional Court Chairman: Moratorium on the death penalty is an open question
Piotr Miklashevich, Chairman of the Constitutional Court, said at a press conference held on 23 January in Minsk that the issue of declaring a moratorium on the death penalty is an open question, Euroradio reports. Czytaj więcej…
"Flight" – animation about death penalty in Belarus (video)
The animation film, created by talented volunteers of the campaign "Human Rights Defenders against Death Penalty", dwells on the topic of the cruelty and inhumanity of the death penalty in Belarus. Our country is the last one in Europe and on the post-Soviet space where the death penalty is still used. Czytaj więcej…
Parliamentary group on death penalty resumes its work
The National Assembly's working group on the death penalty has resumed its work, BelaPAN said. Czytaj więcej…
Liubou Kavaliova indignant at Lukashenka's statement
Liubou Kavaliova, the mother of Uladzislau Kavaliou (executed on charged of terrorism), is outraged by Lukashenka's statement that not a single person has been killed recently. Czytaj więcej…
Ukrainian activists of “Amnesty International” held an action against the use of the death penalty in Belarus
On 3 December “AI” activists held a street action in Lviv to condemn the ongoing use of the death penalty in Belarus and support Liubou Kavaliova, whose son was executed in March 2012 in Minsk. Czytaj więcej…
Bahdanava, Krasouskaya and Kavaliova call on the Belarusian authorities to return the body of Uladzislau Kavaliou (video)
On 30 November, the first anniversary of the delivery of the death verdict to Uladzislau Kavaliou and Dzmitry Kanavalau, Iryna Bahdanava, Valeryia Krasouskaya and Liubou Kavaliova urged the world community to unite and demand the return of Uladzislau Kavaliou's body to his family. Czytaj więcej…
UN Human Rights Committee rules in the case of Uladzislau Kavaliou
Mrs. Liubou Kavaliova, the mother of Uladzislau Kavaliou (Kovalev), executed for plotting and implementing a lethal blast in Minsk underground in April 2011, received the decision of the UN Human Rights Committee. The complaint was considered in less than a year. The Committee recognized that the investigation was conducted with numerous errors, Kavaliou was subjected to physical violence and forced to testify against himself, the court was not impartial and, most importantly, the right to life was violated. Czytaj więcej…
Record number back UN vote against death penalty
UNITED NATIONS: A record 110 countries on Monday backed a resolution calling for the abolition of the death penalty voted every two years at a UN General Assembly committee. Czytaj więcej…
“Departed on Sentence” documentary presented in Göteborg
A documentary on the issue of the death penalty entitled “Departed on Sentence” has been presented in the Swedish city of Göteborg. The screening was arranged as part of the “Human Rights Days-2012”, a major event attended by some 2,000 people from across Scandinavia. Czytaj więcej…
Documentary on death penalty presented in Khmelnytsky
On November 12 the Ukraine-based city of Khmelnytsky hosted the screening of “Departed on Sentence” human rights documentary. The screening was organized by Khmelnytsky regional office of the public organization "Center of Legal Protection". Czytaj więcej…
Liubou Kavaliova demands the Office of the Prosecutor General checked the work of the Supreme Court
Mother of the death convict Uladzislau Kavaliou (executed for terrorism), said that the Supreme Court violated the terms of response to the complaint, filed by her son’s counsel. Czytaj więcej…
Court “needs time” to study the case 8 months after execution
The mother of Uladzislau Kavaliou received an answer from the Supreme Court to her supervisory appeal. Czytaj więcej…
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