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Mylène Farmer signs petition against the death penalty in Belarus
On October 24, three days before her arrival in Minsk, where Mylène Farmer is expected to present to the public her new show “Timeless”, she signed a petition of the campaign "Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus." Read more…
MFA avoids direct answer to human rights defender’s petition in case of death convict Pavel Sialiun
Coordinator of the campaign "Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus" Andrei Paluda received a response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus to his letter, in which the human rights activist informed the MFA of the registration in the UN Human Rights Committee of an individual complaint by Pavel Sialiun, sentenced to death earlier this year. Read more…
Death sentence for Aliaksandr Hrunou may be commuted to life imprisonment
Representatives of the campaign "Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus," who have been monitoring the trial of Aliaksandr Hrunou, do not rule out the possibility of replacing the execution with life imprisonment. Read more…
Supreme Court overturns death verdict
The Criminal Division of the Supreme Court considered today an appeal filed by Aliaksandr Hrunou earlier sentenced to death by a verdict of the Homel Regional Court. Today, the case was sent back for revision. Read more…
Issue of the death penalty discussed in the regions
Activists of the campaign “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty in Belarus” are trying to change the information vacuum, which, according to sociological studies, still accompanies the issue of the death penalty in our country. Read more…
“Blood for Blood” vs Right to Life: Supreme Court to choose.
On October 18, the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus considered the cassation appeal of Aliaksandr Hrunou sentenced to death by the verdict of the Homel Regional Court of 14 June, 2013. Read more…
Decision on death convict’s appeal expected on October 22
The Supreme Court of Belarus considered today an appeal of Aliaksandr Hrunou, resident of Hrodna sentenced to death over the brutal murder of a student. The final verdict will be pronounced on October 22. Read more…
Signatures for abolition of death penalty in Belarus collected in Berlin
An action against the death penalty in Belarus has been recently held in Berlin. It was organized by activists of the Berlin office of the human rights organization Amnesty International and dedicated to the World Day against the Death Penalty. Read more…
Death penalty discussed in Rechytsa
A discussion on the issue of the death penalty in Belarus took place on October 12 in Rechytsa, Homel region. It was organized by local representative of the Human Rights Center "Viasna" Valery Putitski. Read more…
Biaroza: Ideology officials involved in bans on public events
Such a conclusion can be drawn from a letter received by the applicants of a picket scheduled for October 10 that was expected to mark the World Day Against the Death Penalty. Read more…
Father Mikalai Tsikhanovich: modern Catholic Church calls for the abolishment of the death penalty
Father Mikalai Tsikhanovich, professor of moral theology at the High Seminary of the Roman Catholic Church in Hrodna, was one of the participants of the round table "Religion and the death penalty", organized by the Council of Europe on 21 June in Minsk. At this event Father Mikalai Tsikhanovich presented the position of the Catholic Church on the death penalty. Read more…
“A landing net was thrown on the death convicts, like on fish...”
In 1997, with the accession to the Council of Europe, Georgia abolished the death penalty. 42 death convicts were pardoned, with the replacement of the death sentence first with 20 and then by 15 years of imprisonment. Read more…
Mahiliou human rights defenders hold viewing of topical documentaries against the death penalty
In the evening of 10 October about 30 citizens, concerned about the issue of the death penalty, gathered at the community center “Kola” (“Circle”). Read more…
Biaroza human rights defenders mark the World Day against the Death Penalty
Despite the picket ban, the human rights defenders held a meeting with the local citizens in order to discuss the abolition of the death penalty in Belarus. The meeting participants watched the documentary: “Death penalty: a way to the past". Read more…
Zhodzina: informational actions against the death penalty
On 10 October, the World Day against the Death Penalty the Zhodzina human rights defenders held a number of memorable actions instead of the picket which they indendedto hold near the Barysau Culture Park and which was banned by the authorities. Read more…
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