Say NO to the death penalty in Belarus

Death is not justice!

Parvais Jabbar, Executive director of the Death Penalty Project
Parvais Jabbar, Executive director of the Death Penalty Project

Council of Europe’s Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law has launched a campaign #DeathIsNotJustice in the run-up to October 10th, the World Day against Death Penalty. Famous figures and human rights activists share messages to stress the need for the abolition of capital punishment worldwide.

Parvais Jabbar, Executive director of the Death Penalty Project
Parvais Jabbar, Executive director of the Death Penalty Project
Sergey Dikman, Human Rights National Implementation, Council of Europe
Sergey Dikman, Human Rights National Implementation, Council of Europe
Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (2004-2009)
Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (2004-2009)
Andrei Paluda, coordinator of the Campaign against the death penalty in Belarus
Andrei Paluda, coordinator of the Campaign against the death penalty in Belarus
Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (2008-2014) and the International Commission against the Death Penalty
Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (2008-2014) and the International Commission against the Death Penalty
Peter Schieder, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2002-2005)
Peter Schieder, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2002-2005)
Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (2009-2019)
Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (2009-2019)

Diann Rust-Tierney, Executive Director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (United States of America)
Diann Rust-Tierney, Executive Director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (United States of America)

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Sergey Dikman, Human Rights National Implementation, Council of Europe
João Goulão, President of the Council of Europe Pompidou Group and Director General of the DG Intervention on Addictive Behaviors and Dependencies, Portugal (SICAD)
Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (2004-2009)
Andrei Paluda, coordinator of the Campaign against the death penalty in Belarus
Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (2008-2014) and the International Commission against the Death Penalty
Peter Schieder, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2002-2005)
Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe (2009-2019)
Diann Rust-Tierney, Executive Director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (United States of America)
EU urges Belarus to move towards death penalty abolition

Book «Capital punishment in Belarus»

Issue of death penalty in Belarus still a priority for EU countries
It's time to introduce a moratorium on the death penalty in Belarus
Pencil and Eraser

Promo

Death verdics in Belarus since 1990

News

Preface by Ales Bialiatski to the book The Death Penalty in Belarus

The book The Death Penalty in Belarus was prepared in the framework of the campaign “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus”.

Malaysian man believed at risk of execution: Pannir Selvam Pranthaman

Amnesty International calls on the government of Singapore to commute his death sentence.

"The existence of the death penalty is always a litmus test of the human rights situation"

A conversation with the coordinator of the campaign Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus Andrei Paluda.