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Human rights defenders demand not to execute the death verdicts to Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavaliou
Belarusian human rights defenders strongly condemn the state prosecutor’s request to sentence to death Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavaliou, defendants in the 11 April 2011 subway bombing trial. Read more…
Mother of defendant in subway bombing trial pleas for protection
Mrs. Liubou Kavaliova, the mother of Uladzislau Kavaliou, currently standing trial for alleged involvement in a number of explosions, including a metro blast on 11 April 2011, has released an online petition for the public protection to the defendants. Read more…
Stop murder – in the name of the people!
The Human Rights Defenders Against the Death Penalty are calling upon everyone to help save human lives by signing the online petition against the possible execution of Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavaliou. Read more…
Prosecutor demands capital punishment for accused of terrorist acts in Belarus
Deputy prosecutor general Aliaksei Stuk, who represents state prosecution in the case of a terrorist attack in Minsk metro on 11 April, blasts in Minsk in 2008 and in Vitsebsk in 2005, demands the court to sentence both accused, Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzslau Kavaliou, to death penalty without confiscation of assets, Interfax-Zapad news agency reports. Read more…
The Thousand Year Journey: Death Penalty Abolition in the UK
From a great King, to Parliamentarians, from the earliest NGOs and onto the public street ….. a thousand year journey to ban the death penalty in the UK. British Ambassador in Belarus Rosemary Thomas writes. Read more…
The death penalty - does it defend or diminish the dignity of man?
Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind..... John Donne, 16th Century English Poet Read more…
Killer state
Death convicts are executed every year only in one European country, Belarus. The state continues to take revenge on the criminals, forgetting about the principles of rehabilitation and just punishment, and thus becomes the murderer of its citizens. Read more…
Human rights defenders remind Belarusians about the problem of death penalty (photo report)
On 10 October, the World Day against the Death Penalty, civil activists and volunteers held informational actions in different parts of Belarus. In Minsk, activists of the campaign “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty” came to Nezalezhnasts Avenue to remind passers-by that the Belarusian state still kills people. People eagerly took the informational booklets that were distributed by the human rights defenders. There are many people who are concerned with this problem. Some of them even started discussions with the activists. Read more…
Why is the death penalty in Belarus such a huge issue for the EU?
Mrs Rosemary Thomas, British Ambassador in Belarus, writes on the occasion of World Day against the Death Penalty. Read more…
World Day Against the Death Penalty:Belarus urged to end executions
Amnesty International activists around the world are coming together on the World Day Against the Death Penalty to demand an end to executions in Belarus, the only country in Europe and the former Soviet Union that still executes. Read more…
“Belarusian bars are becoming Justice Ministry’s department”
“Belarusian bars are becoming Justice Ministry’s department”, - say the participants of the International Congress of the European Bars Federation held in Wroclaw in late September, where Belarusian lawyers were represented by Pavel Sapelka, deprived of his license for involvement in politically-motivated criminal cases. Read more…
Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty choose campaign’s logo
On 29 September, Minsk-based “U” Gallery hosted the award ceremony of the contest for the best logo for the “Human Rights Defenders against the Death Penalty” civil campaign. Read more…
Government issues death certificates to families of Hryshkautsou and Burdyka
The families of Ales Hryshkautsou and Andrei Burdyka, executed in July 2011, can now receive death certificates at local civil registration departments, says Andrei Paluda, coordinator of the “Human Rights Defenders Against the Death Penalty” campaign. Read more…
Mahiliou activists campaign for abolishment of death penalty
Activists of Mahiliou youth organizations conducted an informational action “Human rights defenders against death penalty in Belarus” on September 18. Read more…
Human rights defender Sudalenka on MFA’s statement: “You’ll never share someone’s opinion, unless you implement your obligations”
The UN Human Rights Committee’s statement on Belarus’ violations of its international obligations by executing two death sentences is “injurious”, Belarusian MFA spokesperson Andrei Savinykh said on 28 July. Read more…
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