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Ukrainian activists of “Amnesty International” held an action against the use of the death penalty in Belarus
On 3 December “AI” activists held a street action in Lviv to condemn the ongoing use of the death penalty in Belarus and support Liubou Kavaliova, whose son was executed in March 2012 in Minsk. Read more…
Bahdanava, Krasouskaya and Kavaliova call on the Belarusian authorities to return the body of Uladzislau Kavaliou (video)
On 30 November, the first anniversary of the delivery of the death verdict to Uladzislau Kavaliou and Dzmitry Kanavalau, Iryna Bahdanava, Valeryia Krasouskaya and Liubou Kavaliova urged the world community to unite and demand the return of Uladzislau Kavaliou's body to his family. Read more…
UN Human Rights Committee rules in the case of Uladzislau Kavaliou
Mrs. Liubou Kavaliova, the mother of Uladzislau Kavaliou (Kovalev), executed for plotting and implementing a lethal blast in Minsk underground in April 2011, received the decision of the UN Human Rights Committee. The complaint was considered in less than a year. The Committee recognized that the investigation was conducted with numerous errors, Kavaliou was subjected to physical violence and forced to testify against himself, the court was not impartial and, most importantly, the right to life was violated. Read more…
Record number back UN vote against death penalty
UNITED NATIONS: A record 110 countries on Monday backed a resolution calling for the abolition of the death penalty voted every two years at a UN General Assembly committee. Read more…
“Departed on Sentence” documentary presented in Göteborg
A documentary on the issue of the death penalty entitled “Departed on Sentence” has been presented in the Swedish city of Göteborg. The screening was arranged as part of the “Human Rights Days-2012”, a major event attended by some 2,000 people from across Scandinavia. Read more…
Documentary on death penalty presented in Khmelnytsky
On November 12 the Ukraine-based city of Khmelnytsky hosted the screening of “Departed on Sentence” human rights documentary. The screening was organized by Khmelnytsky regional office of the public organization "Center of Legal Protection". Read more…
Liubou Kavaliova demands the Office of the Prosecutor General checked the work of the Supreme Court
Mother of the death convict Uladzislau Kavaliou (executed for terrorism), said that the Supreme Court violated the terms of response to the complaint, filed by her son’s counsel. Read more…
Court “needs time” to study the case 8 months after execution
The mother of Uladzislau Kavaliou received an answer from the Supreme Court to her supervisory appeal. Read more…
“NO” to death penalty” campaign supported in Simferopol
Simferopol schoolchildren supported the campaign against the use of the death penalty in Belarus. Within the framework of the mobile exhibition “Everyone has the right to know their rights” held in Simferopol at the end of October they signed postcards addressed to Aliaksand Lukashenka with the demand to introduce a moratorium on the death penalty with the subsequent abolition of this kind of punishment. Read more…
Documentary on death penalty presented in Mahiliou and Homel
The human rights documentary “Departed on Sentence” was presented by activists of the “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty” on 26 October in Mahiliou. Read more…
Prosecutors find no illegalities in KGB's refusal to give Kavalyow's jail notes to mother
The Prosecutor General's Office has found no illegalities in the decision by the Committee for State Security (KGB) not to give Uladzislaw Kavalyow's jail notes to his mother. Read more…
“Departed on Sentence” documentary screened in Mazyr
A documentary entitled “Departed on Sentence” that was created by Viktar Tratsiakou and Palina Stsepanenka and deals with the issue of the death penalty was presented on Sunday in the southern town of Mazyr, Homel region. Read more…
Berlin activists say NO to death penalty in Belarus
An action against the death penalty in Belarus was held in Berlin on the World Day against the Death Penalty, 10 October. Read more…
“No to the Death Penalty!” in Mahiliou
An awareness-raising action against the death penalty was held in Mahiliou. The event was expected to be held on the eve of the World Day against the Death Penalty, 10 October. However, the volunteers who distributed stickers and posters of the “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty” campaign were detained by the police. Read more…
Minsk: human rights defenders show “Departed on Sentence”
On 10 October, marking the World Day against the Death Penalty, Belarusian human rights defenders held the first run of the documentary “Departed on Sentence”. Read more…
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