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Another death sentence issued in Belarus
26-year-old Homel resident Aliaksandr Hrunou has been repeatedly sentenced to death. According to the lawyer, the young man does not believe that he can be pardoned by the President, and therefore he is not sure whether he will apply for clemency. Czytaj więcej…
Hary Pahaniaila: It's time to review the law on death penalty
Human rights activist Hary Pahaniaila tells why the death penalty is torture for relatives of the executed, about the "right to kill" and the subjectivity of judges. Czytaj więcej…
Human rights defenders fighting for reprieve of death verdicts
A number of Brest human rights defenders sent to the Council of Ministers a proposal to amend the Criminal Code in order to allow a five-year stay of executions, says one of the campaigners, human rights lawyer Raman Kisliak. Czytaj więcej…
Relatives of death convict Uladzislau Kavaliou ask Supreme Court to declassify place of burial
Mother and sister of Uladzislau Kavaliou executed on charges of organizing a terrorist attack in the Minsk metro in 2011 have sent a supervisory appeal to the Chairman of the Supreme Court. They ask to cancel the decision of the Court of Minsk’s Kastrychnitski district and the Board of Civil Affairs of the City Court. Both courts refused to institute civil proceedings against the KGB, the Interior Ministry and the Department of Corrections over their refusal to provide information about the burial place of their son. Czytaj więcej…
Death convict Lykau’s appeal to be heard on 15 April
It has become known that the cassation appeal in the case of Eduard Lykau, who was sentenced to death, will be considered by the judicial board for criminal cases of the Supreme Court on April 15. The hearing will open at 9.30 a.m. Czytaj więcej…
Brochures with UN HRC decision in Uladzislau Kavaliou case distributed in Brest
Belarus has once again ignored a decision of the UN Human Rights Committee, as the authorities have not printed or distributed the international body’s opinion in the case of Uladzislau Kavaliou executed on charges of committing a terrorist act in the Minsk metro. As a result, the death convict’s mother, Liubou Kavaliova, printed the Committee’s decision at her own expense. Czytaj więcej…
Innocent man walks free after 29 years on death row
A man who has spent three decades on death row has walked free after a US judge set aside his conviction. Czytaj więcej…
Liubou Kavaliova: Decision of the Human Rights Committee of the UN concerning the violations in the case of my son must become a reference book for all judges
March 12, mother of Uladzislau Kavaliou, executed by shooting on the verdict of teh Supreme Court, paid a visit to the Chairman of the Vitsebsk Regional Court Mikalai Khamichenka Hamichenka. He did not allow her to distribute brochures with the decision of the UN HRC decision and threatened that such actions would be regarded as illegal picketing. Czytaj więcej…
Relatives of Uladzislau Kavaliou address Prosecutor General
Liubou Kavaliova, mother of Uladzislau Kavaliou, one of the two people executed by shooting two years ago on charges of committing a terrorist act in the Minsk metro, and his sister Tatsiana Kaziar have filed an appeal to Prosecutor General of Belarus Aliaksandr Kaniuk demanding that the investigation into the case to be re-opened due to new circumstances, with the subsequent rehabilitation of the convict. Czytaj więcej…
Anatomic theater in Uppsala, Sweden
The last death execution in Sweden was conducted in 1910 –by the guillotine. And in the XVIIth century executions were carried out by hanging and gathered many spectators. Czytaj więcej…
Supreme Court to consider appeal against repeated death sentence for Aliaksandr Hrunou
The Judicial Board for Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court is expected to hear on April 8 an appeal filed by Aliaksandr Hrunou, 25, who was repeatedly sentenced to death for the brutal murder of a woman. Czytaj więcej…
Washington state governor declares death penalty moratorium
(Reuters) - Washington state Governor Jay Inslee declared a moratorium on Tuesday on carrying out the death penalty in his Pacific Northwest state, citing concerns about unequal application of justice in determining who is executed. Czytaj więcej…
Campaign “Human Rights Defenders against Death Penalty in Belarus” marks its fifth anniversary
The campaign "Human Rights Defenders against Death Penalty in Belarus" was formed in early 2009, and the fifth anniversary initiative is an occasion to make some conclusions. What has been done and what can be done to achieve more? The achievements of the initiative and the difficulties faced by the human rights defenders over the years, are revealed in the conversation with the coordinator Andrei Paluda. Czytaj więcej…
Andrei Paluda: “If the authorities believe that the death penalty deters crime, why do they conceal the information about the executions?
The human rights activist considers the most popular pros and contras of the death penalty and analyzes the public opinion on the subject in Belarus. Czytaj więcej…
Amnesty International takes urgent action in support of Eduard Lykau, another man sentenced to death in Belarus
A 53 year-old man, Eduard Lykau, was sentenced to death on 26 November, but the information was only released almost a month later. He was the fourth person to receive the death sentence in 2013. Czytaj więcej…
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