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Death convict calls upon President Lukashenka to suspend execution

Aleh Hryshkautsou, sentenced to death on 14 May 2010, has addressed President Lukashenka with a request to suspend executing the sentence until his case is considered by the UN human Rights Committee.

Earlier, similar demands by death convicts Ales Zhuk and Vasil Yuzepchuk were dismissed by the Presidential administration. As a result, they were executed in late March 2010.

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Belarus remains the only country in Europe where the death penalty exists.

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Rico Krieger returns to Germany after Belarusian death sentence

Rico Krieger returned to Germany as part of the prisoner exchange, held between the United States, Russia, Germany and Belarus.