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 remains the only country in Europe where the death penalty exists.
Today, Viasna human rights activist Aleh Matskevich is looking for new arguments in favor of the abolition of the death penalty.
Rico Krieger returned to Germany as part of the prisoner exchange, held between the United States, Russia, Germany and Belarus.