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. She
also asked to initiate inquiry into frauds in the case concerning the blast in Minsk metro and violations
of the Criminal Procedure Code during the investigation and trial, as a result
of which Uladzislau Kavaliou and Dzmitry Kanavalau were sentenced to death.
Liubou Kavaliova reminded that the supervisory appeal had been filed back on 27
September, whereas the lawyer received an answer only on 30 October:
"The
30-day period for the consideration of the appeal was violated. Moreover, we
didn’t receive a substantial answer – we were just informed that the time for
consideration of the complaint was extended. This is an extreme cynicism – the Supreme
Court pretends that
it will thoroughly discriminate in the case, reviewing it again. Most probably,
they will answer that everything was done correctly. I cannot even imagine they
will admit that violations of the Criminal-Process Code took place… as it is
impossible to return the guys!”
The delay with the answer of the Supreme Court became the reason for applying
to the Office of the Prosecutor General:
"This
is a complaint to the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus,
Aliaksandr Kaniuk. I write that the Supreme Court violates the legislation and
my rights by failing to send a timely answer to the review complaint. The main
thing is that I am again writing about the violations observed registered
during the investigation and trial. Both the investigation and the trial leave
many questions unsolved. This is the recording from the surveillance cameras in
the metro, which has elements of montage, and the absence of traits of
explosives on the bodies and clothes of my son and Dzmitry Kanavalau. Moreover,
Uladzislau was factually deprived of the right to defense: the lawyer was
allowed to meet him just once during the investigation, and for some minutes
before the beginning of each court hearing. The convict wasn’t also allowed to
meet with the counsel to sign some documents after the announcement of the
death verdict… I want to get an answer. I don’t believe my son is guilty, and
many people in Belarus
don’t believe to the results of the investigation and have a negative attitude
towards the death verdicts to the fellows.”
The
death sentence was issued on 30 November 2011. The convicts were executed in
the middle of March 2012. Liubou Kavaliova still demands to be given her son’s
records, made by him during the investigation and the trial. These records “mysteriously
disappeared” – they were not sent her together with his other belongings and
the administration of the KGB pre-trial prison states they weren’t left at this
institution either.
October
7 in
Amsterdam Liubou Kavaliova announced the beginning of the campaign "Return
the body ", aimed at receiving the body of her son or at least find out
about the place of his burial and support the abolition of the death penalty in
Belarus.
