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Andres Herkel: Executed may know something about the real organisers of the terrorist attack
Why should the case of Uladzislau Kavalyou and Dzmitry Kanavalau, two young workers from Vitebsk, be so sensitive? Read more…
German mass media: “Execution of two Belarusians is attempt to provoke Europe”
Dictator Lukashenka has cynically ignored all protests of Europe, writes Frankfurter Rundschau (Germany). Read more…
President of the Nordic Council strongly condemns the executions in Belarus
“The death penalty is cruel. Executing the two men have further damaged the reputation of Belarus and it shows how far removed the country is at present from European values”, says the President of the Nordic Council, Kimmo Sasi, Finland. Read more…
Belarus Subway Bombing Executions Condemned
The execution of two men convicted of a deadly 2011 metro bomb attack in the Belarusian capital has drawn strong international condemnation. Read more…
Uladzislau Kavaliou and Dzmitry Kanavalau executed
Uladzislau Kavaliou, convicted of involvement in the plotting of a terrorist act in Minsk metro on 11 April, 2011, has been executed, says an official communication issued by the Supreme Court of Belarus dated 16 March. Read more…
Lawyer says that he will file final appeal against death sentence on Uladzislaw Kavalyow after meeting with him
Uladzislaw Kavalyow’s lawyer filed an appeal with the Supreme Court on Thursday, asking it to revoke the death sentence imposed on the young man in the subway bombing case last year. Read more…
Belarus Bomber’s Mother Asks President To Postpone Execution
MINSK – The mother of one of the men sentenced to death for the bombing of a metro station in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, that killed 15 people has asked President Alyaksandr Lukashenka to postpone her son’s execution for at least one year. Read more…
Human rights defenders stand for immediate introduction of a moratorium on the death penalty in Belarus
On 14 March 2012 Belarusian mass media published the information that Aliaksandr Lukashenka refused to pardon Uladzislau Kavaliou and Dzmitry Kanavalau. Read more…
Liubou Kavaliova: "We always tell Uladzislau that we will make everything possible to save him from unfair punishment"
As it became known on 14 March from the state TV, president Lukashenka refused to pardon Uladzislau Kavaliou and Dzmitry Kanavalau. Several days of painful uncertainty ended with a terrible blow for their relatives. Read more…
"Terrorists" executed?
Belarus will meet the anniversary of the bloodiest terrorist act in the history of the country in high spirits. The case is closed, the guilty are punished… Read more…
Liubou Kavaliova: “They cheated me. I wasn’t allowed to meet with my son”
Liubou Kavaliova, the mother of Uladzislau Kavaliou, sentenced to death for the involvement in the terrorist act of 11 April 2011, wanted to use her right to meet her son. She didn’t manage to come to the meeting in January, and wasn’t allowed to meet him in February. Read more…
Death penalty is Belarus’ internal matter, say House of Representatives members
The issue of abolishing the death penalty is Belarus’ internal matter, says a joint press release by the foreign affairs committee and the committee on legislation and judicial affairs of the House of Representatives of the Belarusian National Assembly, issued following the 16 Feb. European Parliament resolution. Read more…
Examination of Criminal Procedure Code at request of Kavalyow`s mother is advisable, says Presidential Administration
The Presidential Administration has replied to an application from the mother of Uladzislaw Kavalyow, who was sentenced to death in the subway bombing case last year, saying that it is advisable examine the country’s Criminal Procedure Code at her request. Read more…
MEPs urge Belarus to abolish death penalty and free political prisoners
European Parliament resolution of 16 February 2012 on the death penalty in Belarus, in particular the cases of Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavalyou Read more…
Andrei Paluda: “Unfortunately, Belarus authorities totally disregard European Parliament’s resolutions”
Today, the European Parliament is expected to consider the issue of the death penalty in Belarus, Egypt and Japan. Representatives of the campaign “Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections” are said to closely monitor Europe’s reaction to Belarusian events. Read more…
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