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Council of Europe Secretary General calls Belarus to adopt an immediate moratorium on executions
‘I am deeply disappointed and concerned by the decision taken on Friday by the Supreme Court of Belarus to confirm yet another death sentence in the country,’ said Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland. Read more…
Supreme Court leaves standing death verdict to jujutsu master Mialik
10 February the college board of the Supreme Court of Belarus, headed by the Deputy Chairperson of the Supreme Court Valery Kalinkovich considered the cassation appeal of a death convict, Homel resident Ihar Mialik. Read more…
Death convict calls upon President Lukashenka to suspend execution
Aleh Hryshkautsou, sentenced to death on 14 May 2010, has addressed President Lukashenka with a request to suspend executing the sentence until his case is considered by the UN human Rights Committee. Read more…
Death convict Hryshkautsou complains to the UN HR Committee
On 6 December the UN Human Rights Committee received an individual communication by Aleh Hryshkautsou, sentenced to death on 14 May 2010. The death convict argues that his right to fair trial provided by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights was abused by the Belarusian judiciary. The communication also demands to apply measures of interim protection and suspend the execution. Read more…
Sviatlana Zhuk continues struggling for the right to know the place of burial of her son
On 13 December the Minsk City Court considered the cassation appeal of the mother of the executed convict Andrei Zhuk against the verdict of the Leninski District Court of Minsk concerning the refusal to bring an administrative case against the inaction of the MIA Punishment Execution Department that had refused to issue to her the body of the executed son or inform her about the place of his burial. Read more…
Bishkek: Cities for Life/Cities Against The Death Penalty
On 30 November the Chairperson of the Human Rights Center Viasna, vice-president of the International Federation for Human Rights Ales Bialiatski took part in the action Cities For Life/Cities Against The Death Penalty in the capital of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek. Read more…
Cities For Life/Cities Against The Death Penalty action held in Minsk for the first time
Activists of the campaign Human Rights Defenders Against Death Penalty and representatives of the Human Rights Center Viasna held the action Cities For Life/Cities Against The Death Penalty in Minsk. Read more…
‘Issues of Death Penalty Use in Belarus’ through journalists’ eyes
On 26-27 November Minsk hosted the seminar ‘Issues of Death Penalty Use in Belarus and their Coverage by Mass Media’, arranged by the Russia-based NGO ‘Penal Reform International’ and the Belarusian Association of Journalists. The event’s objective was teaching the media to apply more professional and unbiased means when covering the issue of the death penalty. Read more…
Brest resident submits another demand to disclose burial site of executed criminal Zhuk
Sniazhana Neudakh, mother of three children and resident of Brest, has submitted another written request to the Presidential Administration, demanding to disclose the burial site of Andrei Zhuk, executed for double murder in March 2010.
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Father Alexander Nadson joins campaign against death penalty
Father Alexander Nadson, the Apostolic Visitor for Belarusian Greek-Catholic faithful abroad and a notable Belarusian émigré social and religious leader, signed onto the petition for the abolition of the death penalty in Belarus.
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British Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office signed petition for abolition of death penalty in Belarus
The Foreign Office Minister for Human Rights Jeremy Browne and British Ambassador to Belarus Rosemary Thomas signed the petition against the death penalty in Belarus on 11 October, following the launch of the UK’s strategy for Global Abolition of the Death Penalty. Read more…
Universal Day against Death Penalty marked all over Belarus
Activists of the campaign Human Rights Defenders against Death Penalty held a number of informational actions for the abolishment of the death penalty on 10 October, the Universal Day against the Death Penalty, and before it. Belarus remains the only European country that continues using this inhuman kind of punishment. Read more…
Barysau authorities ban picket against death penalty
On 20 September the Barysau addressed the Barysau Town Executive Committee with the request to authorize a picket against the death penalty. Read more…
European Parliament again urges Belarus to abolish death penalty
The European Parliament once again called on Belarus to introduce moratorium on the death penalty. This demand is set force in one of the paragraphs of the European Parliament resolution dated to the World Day against the Death Penalty. Read more…
Activists campaigning for abolition of death penalty in Belarus detained on Lithuanian border
On 5 October the activists of the campaign Human Rights Defenders against Death Penalty Palina Stsepanenka and Iryna Toustsik were detained at the border point Kamenny Loh. The Belarusian customs officer set them down from the bus Vilnius-Minsk by which they were returning home from Vilnius. Read more…
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