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Liubou Kavaliova still trying to get her son's notes returned
The mother of executed Uladzislau Kavaliou wants KGB chief Vadzim Zaitsau to send a written reply to her demand to return her son's notes. Liubou Kavaliova told this BelaPAN news agency. Czytaj więcej…
Mother sends fresh appeal to KGB chief over Kavalyow`s jail notes
The mother of Uladzislaw Kavalyow, one of the two young men executed in the subway bombing case this past spring, has sent a fresh appeal to the chief of the Committee for State Security (KGB) over the notes that her son made during and after his trial, reported the Belarus service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on Saturday. Czytaj więcej…
Liubou Kavaliova receives no answer concerning secrecy surrounding bodies of death convicts
Liubou Kavaliova, the mother of Uladzislau Kavaliou who was executed on charges of terrorism, addressed various authorities, including Aliaksandr Lukashenka, with the request to be given the rationale for keeping in secret the place of the convicts' burial and the impossibility to issue their bodies to relatives. Czytaj więcej…
Lyubou Kavalyova: “If they write like that, it's possible the wrong persons were executed!”
The mother of executed Uladzislau Kavalyou has received a letter with factual errors from the Prosecutor General's Office. Czytaj więcej…
Liubou Kavaliova applies to KGB head
Liubou Kavaliova, the mother of the executed convict Uladzislau Kavaliou, didnt receive an answer of the KGB pre-trial prison administration towards her inquiry within the legal term (one month). In her letter to the KGB head Vadzim Zaitsau she writes that his subordinates violate the presidential decree about citizens' applications. Czytaj więcej…
Berlin residents join campaign for abolition of death penalty in Belarus
Amnesty International’s office in Berlin held an action in support of a campaign for the abolition of the death penalty in Belarus. Czytaj więcej…
10 days of arrest for stickers “No to death penalty!”
On 24 April Ihar Shalai was detained near the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Minsk for posting stickers “No to death penalty!” and guarded to the Savetski District Police Department by two police officers. Czytaj więcej…
Police prevent executed person’s mother from contacts with journalist
Vitsebsk police attempted to prevent Russian journalists from interviewing the mother of Uladzislau Kavaliou, executed in March on charges of plotting a terrorist attack in Minsk underground back in April 2011. Czytaj więcej…
Documentary On Death Penalty Seized In Belarus
HRODNA, Belarus -- Belarusian authorities have seized copies of a documentary film about the use of the death penalty in Belarus. Czytaj więcej…
Belarusian MFA informed UN about suspension of execution on the day when Kavaliou was fuzilladed
Liubou Kavaliova, mother of death convict Uladzislau Kavaliou, and his sister, Tatsiana Kaziar, have received official information from the Office of the Supreme Commissioner for Human Rights. This information had been passed to it by representatives of the Belarusian government at the UN Geneva office on 15 March 2012 – the day when Uladzislau Kavaliou had been executed by shooting. Czytaj więcej…
"Young Front" addresses MPs concerning death penalty moratorium
Civil organization "Young Front", officially registered in the Czech Republic, addressed all members of the Chamber of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus with the demand to initiate a voting on introducing a death penalty moratorium in Belarus. Czytaj więcej…
Additional information on Kavaliou's case submitted to UN
Additional information concerning the case of death convict Uladzislau Kavaliou was submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee by his mother and sister, Liubou Kavaliova and Tatsiana Kaziar. Czytaj więcej…
Uladzislau Kavalyou shot on Constitution Day
It is indicated in his death certificate. Czytaj więcej…
Amnesty International: Alarming levels of executions in the few countries that kill
Countries that carried out executions in 2011 did so at an alarming rate but those employing capital punishment have decreased by more than a third compared to a decade ago, Amnesty International found in its annual review of death sentences and executions. Czytaj więcej…
CE Committee of Ministers condemns executions in Minsk
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted a declaration on March 22 deploring the execution of Kanavalau (Konovalov) and Kavalyou (Kovalev). Czytaj więcej…
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